diff --git a/hpb_generator/protoc-gen-upb-protos.cc b/hpb_generator/protoc-gen-upb-protos.cc
index 3e525c1e49..1f0642aeb0 100644
--- a/hpb_generator/protoc-gen-upb-protos.cc
+++ b/hpb_generator/protoc-gen-upb-protos.cc
@@ -134,12 +134,10 @@ void WriteHeader(const protobuf::FileDescriptor* file, Output& output,
 #ifndef $0_HPB_PROTO_H_
 #define $0_HPB_PROTO_H_
 
-#include "google/protobuf/hpb/repeated_field.h"
-
-#include "protos/protos.h"
-
-#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 #include "absl/status/statusor.h"
+#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
+
+#include "google/protobuf/hpb/repeated_field.h"
       )cc",
       ToPreproc(file->name()));
 
@@ -201,7 +199,6 @@ void WriteSource(const protobuf::FileDescriptor* file, Output& output,
       R"cc(
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
-#include "protos/protos.h"
 #include "$0"
       )cc",
       CppHeaderFilename(file));