diff --git a/nse_main.h b/nse_main.h
index 8da19d935..d2a3eb054 100644
--- a/nse_main.h
+++ b/nse_main.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <list>
 #include <string>
-#include <string.h>
 
 extern "C" {
   #include "lua.h"
diff --git a/targets.h b/targets.h
index 8797a839f..864120e34 100644
--- a/targets.h
+++ b/targets.h
@@ -126,27 +126,6 @@
 #ifndef TARGETS_H
 #define TARGETS_H
 
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#include "nmap_config.h"
-#else
-#ifdef WIN32
-#include "nmap_winconfig.h"
-#endif /* WIN32 */
-#endif /* HAVE_CONFIG_H */
-
-/* This contains pretty much everything we need ... */
-#if HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#endif
-
-#if HAVE_UNISTD_H
-#include <unistd.h>
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
-#include <sys/param.h> /* Defines MAXHOSTNAMELEN on BSD*/
-#endif
-
 #include "TargetGroup.h"
 
 class Target;