diff --git a/libavfilter/f_sendcmd.c b/libavfilter/f_sendcmd.c
index 1e53465042..b8740e8883 100644
--- a/libavfilter/f_sendcmd.c
+++ b/libavfilter/f_sendcmd.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "libavutil/parseutils.h"
 #include "avfilter.h"
 #include "internal.h"
-#include "avfiltergraph.h"
 #include "audio.h"
 #include "video.h"
 
diff --git a/libavfilter/f_zmq.c b/libavfilter/f_zmq.c
index 2666016769..89da5bef06 100644
--- a/libavfilter/f_zmq.c
+++ b/libavfilter/f_zmq.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "libavutil/opt.h"
 #include "avfilter.h"
 #include "internal.h"
-#include "avfiltergraph.h"
 #include "audio.h"
 #include "video.h"
 
diff --git a/libavfilter/graphdump.c b/libavfilter/graphdump.c
index 531bb571aa..73777191d6 100644
--- a/libavfilter/graphdump.c
+++ b/libavfilter/graphdump.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "libavutil/bprint.h"
 #include "libavutil/pixdesc.h"
 #include "avfilter.h"
-#include "avfiltergraph.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 
 static int print_link_prop(AVBPrint *buf, AVFilterLink *link)
diff --git a/libavfilter/internal.h b/libavfilter/internal.h
index 1070f18376..2ff75aa778 100644
--- a/libavfilter/internal.h
+++ b/libavfilter/internal.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 #include "libavutil/internal.h"
 #include "avfilter.h"
-#include "avfiltergraph.h"
 #include "formats.h"
 #include "framepool.h"
 #include "framequeue.h"