diff --git a/compiler/parser/cutils.c b/compiler/parser/cutils.c
index eca3e3d25cce58ee9cf4e24ec8f823abde582977..a1461763c0a1c856943a72521deb21f43951d068 100644
--- a/compiler/parser/cutils.c
+++ b/compiler/parser/cutils.c
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ places in the GHC library.
 
 #include "HsFFI.h"
 
-#include <string.h>
-
-#if defined(HAVE_UNISTD_H)
-#include <unistd.h>
-#endif
-
 void
 enableTimingStats( void )       /* called from the driver */
 {