diff --git a/add-patch.c b/add-patch.c
index bfe19876cd..79eda168eb 100644
--- a/add-patch.c
+++ b/add-patch.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "pathspec.h"
 #include "color.h"
-#include "diff.h"
 #include "compat/terminal.h"
 #include "prompt.h"
 
diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
index 3d69fec836..7608e3301c 100644
--- a/apply.c
+++ b/apply.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include "base85.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "delta.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "dir.h"
diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c
index ca11db185b..4562a69a0c 100644
--- a/archive.c
+++ b/archive.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "archive.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "unpack-trees.h"
-#include "dir.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 
 static char const * const archive_usage[] = {
diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index 1be8e0a271..8487f8cd1b 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "list-objects.h"
 #include "quote.h"
-#include "hash-lookup.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "log-tree.h"
 #include "bisect.h"
diff --git a/blob.c b/blob.c
index 888e28a559..3fb2922b1a 100644
--- a/blob.c
+++ b/blob.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "blob.h"
-#include "repository.h"
 #include "alloc.h"
 
 const char *blob_type = "blob";
diff --git a/bloom.c b/bloom.c
index 1474aa19fa..e529f7605c 100644
--- a/bloom.c
+++ b/bloom.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include "bloom.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "diffcore.h"
-#include "revision.h"
 #include "hashmap.h"
 #include "commit-graph.h"
 #include "commit.h"
diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c
index 5126d2ede3..2151c45fbf 100644
--- a/builtin/add.c
+++ b/builtin/add.c
@@ -12,14 +12,11 @@
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "pathspec.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
-#include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "path.h"
 #include "preload-index.h"
 #include "diff.h"
-#include "diffcore.h"
 #include "read-cache.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "revision.h"
diff --git a/builtin/am.c b/builtin/am.c
index 9f084d58bc..d1990d7edc 100644
--- a/builtin/am.c
+++ b/builtin/am.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "editor.h"
 #include "environment.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "diff.h"
-#include "diffcore.h"
 #include "unpack-trees.h"
 #include "branch.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
@@ -35,11 +33,9 @@
 #include "log-tree.h"
 #include "notes-utils.h"
 #include "rerere.h"
-#include "prompt.h"
 #include "mailinfo.h"
 #include "apply.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
-#include "packfile.h"
 #include "pager.h"
 #include "path.h"
 #include "repository.h"
diff --git a/builtin/apply.c b/builtin/apply.c
index c18b7ea5d3..861a01910c 100644
--- a/builtin/apply.c
+++ b/builtin/apply.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
-#include "parse-options.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "apply.h"
 
diff --git a/builtin/bisect.c b/builtin/bisect.c
index 35938b05fd..7d5faedfab 100644
--- a/builtin/bisect.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "bisect.h"
 #include "refs.h"
-#include "dir.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "oid-array.h"
diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index 9c987d6567..e9ea190baf 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "userdiff.h"
 #include "line-range.h"
 #include "line-log.h"
-#include "dir.h"
 #include "progress.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index e7ee9bd0f1..6e30d5eac5 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -17,13 +17,10 @@
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "branch.h"
-#include "diff.h"
 #include "path.h"
-#include "revision.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "column.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
-#include "wt-status.h"
 #include "ref-filter.h"
 #include "worktree.h"
 #include "help.h"
diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index ea8ad601ec..7d4899348a 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "userdiff.h"
 #include "streaming.h"
-#include "tree-walk.h"
 #include "oid-array.h"
 #include "packfile.h"
 #include "object-file.h"
diff --git a/builtin/checkout-index.c b/builtin/checkout-index.c
index 3b68b47615..2e086a204d 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout-index.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout-index.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #define USE_THE_INDEX_VARIABLE
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "dir.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
 #include "quote.h"
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index f02434bc15..12a46da89a 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #define USE_THE_INDEX_VARIABLE
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "advice.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "branch.h"
 #include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "checkout.h"
@@ -27,10 +26,8 @@
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "resolve-undo.h"
 #include "revision.h"
-#include "run-command.h"
 #include "setup.h"
 #include "submodule.h"
-#include "submodule-config.h"
 #include "symlinks.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
 #include "tree.h"
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index c6357af949..8e9c055533 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
-#include "fetch-pack.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "refspec.h"
 #include "object-file.h"
diff --git a/builtin/commit-graph.c b/builtin/commit-graph.c
index 45d035af60..c5684342ec 100644
--- a/builtin/commit-graph.c
+++ b/builtin/commit-graph.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "dir.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
diff --git a/builtin/commit-tree.c b/builtin/commit-tree.c
index 02625e7176..1bb7819839 100644
--- a/builtin/commit-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/commit-tree.c
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "commit.h"
-#include "tree.h"
-#include "utf8.h"
-#include "gpg-interface.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 
 static const char * const commit_tree_usage[] = {
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 781af2e206..ca2d18532a 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -16,17 +16,12 @@
 #include "editor.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "diff.h"
-#include "diffcore.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "wt-status.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
-#include "hook.h"
-#include "refs.h"
-#include "log-tree.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
-#include "utf8.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "path.h"
@@ -35,9 +30,6 @@
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "rerere.h"
 #include "unpack-trees.h"
-#include "quote.h"
-#include "submodule.h"
-#include "gpg-interface.h"
 #include "column.h"
 #include "sequencer.h"
 #include "sparse-index.h"
diff --git a/builtin/credential-cache.c b/builtin/credential-cache.c
index 43b9d0e5b1..bba96d4ffd 100644
--- a/builtin/credential-cache.c
+++ b/builtin/credential-cache.c
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 
 #ifndef NO_UNIX_SOCKETS
 
-#include "credential.h"
-#include "string-list.h"
 #include "unix-socket.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 
diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index fb6b0508f3..d6c77a714f 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
 #include "lockfile.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "tag.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "refs.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "read-cache-ll.h"
diff --git a/builtin/diff-files.c b/builtin/diff-files.c
index f38912cd40..018011f29e 100644
--- a/builtin/diff-files.c
+++ b/builtin/diff-files.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "preload-index.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "revision.h"
-#include "submodule.h"
 
 static const char diff_files_usage[] =
 "git diff-files [-q] [-0 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -c | --cc] [<common-diff-options>] [<path>...]"
diff --git a/builtin/diff-index.c b/builtin/diff-index.c
index 220f341ffa..3e05260ac0 100644
--- a/builtin/diff-index.c
+++ b/builtin/diff-index.c
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "setup.h"
-#include "sparse-index.h"
-#include "submodule.h"
 
 static const char diff_cache_usage[] =
 "git diff-index [-m] [--cached] [--merge-base] "
diff --git a/builtin/diff-tree.c b/builtin/diff-tree.c
index 86be634286..a8e68ce8ef 100644
--- a/builtin/diff-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/diff-tree.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "log-tree.h"
-#include "submodule.h"
 #include "read-cache-ll.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "revision.h"
diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c
index 55e7d21755..6e196e0c7d 100644
--- a/builtin/diff.c
+++ b/builtin/diff.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "lockfile.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "commit.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "diff.h"
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "log-tree.h"
 #include "setup.h"
-#include "submodule.h"
 #include "oid-array.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 
diff --git a/builtin/difftool.c b/builtin/difftool.c
index 0f5eae9cd4..a3c72b8258 100644
--- a/builtin/difftool.c
+++ b/builtin/difftool.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include "copy.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "environment.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
diff --git a/builtin/fast-export.c b/builtin/fast-export.c
index 70aff515ac..f18f0809f9 100644
--- a/builtin/fast-export.c
+++ b/builtin/fast-export.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "blob.h"
-#include "commit-slab.h"
 
 static const char *fast_export_usage[] = {
 	N_("git fast-export [<rev-list-opts>]"),
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index fd134ba74d..72d735589a 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "connected.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
-#include "packfile.h"
 #include "pager.h"
 #include "path.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@
 #include "shallow.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
-#include "worktree.h"
 #include "bundle-uri.h"
 
 #define FORCED_UPDATES_DELAY_WARNING_IN_MS (10 * 1000)
diff --git a/builtin/for-each-ref.c b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
index 350bfa6e81..6235d72f9d 100644
--- a/builtin/for-each-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
-#include "refs.h"
 #include "object.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "ref-filter.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
-#include "commit-reach.h"
 
 static char const * const for_each_ref_usage[] = {
 	N_("git for-each-ref [<options>] [<pattern>]"),
diff --git a/builtin/fsck.c b/builtin/fsck.c
index 611925905e..9317b7b841 100644
--- a/builtin/fsck.c
+++ b/builtin/fsck.c
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@
 #include "tree-walk.h"
 #include "fsck.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
-#include "dir.h"
 #include "progress.h"
 #include "streaming.h"
-#include "decorate.h"
 #include "packfile.h"
 #include "object-file.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
diff --git a/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c b/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
index 20d0dfe9cf..66a7389f9f 100644
--- a/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
+++ b/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "tar.h"
-#include "quote.h"
 
 static const char builtin_get_tar_commit_id_usage[] =
 "git get-tar-commit-id";
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index fe78d4c98b..f076cc705b 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "blob.h"
-#include "tree.h"
-#include "commit.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
diff --git a/builtin/hash-object.c b/builtin/hash-object.c
index 5ffec99dce..82ca6d2bfd 100644
--- a/builtin/hash-object.c
+++ b/builtin/hash-object.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "blob.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "setup.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "write-or-die.h"
diff --git a/builtin/hook.c b/builtin/hook.c
index 09b51a6487..5234693a94 100644
--- a/builtin/hook.c
+++ b/builtin/hook.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hook.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
-#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 
 #define BUILTIN_HOOK_RUN_USAGE \
diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
index dda94a9f46..0841b6940a 100644
--- a/builtin/index-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@
 #include "csum-file.h"
 #include "blob.h"
 #include "commit.h"
-#include "tag.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "progress.h"
 #include "fsck.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "streaming.h"
 #include "thread-utils.h"
diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
index cb727c826f..b89814a6f8 100644
--- a/builtin/init-db.c
+++ b/builtin/init-db.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  */
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "abspath.h"
-#include "config.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "object-file.h"
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index ba775d7b5c..cec7ce46f1 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "reflog-walk.h"
 #include "patch-ids.h"
-#include "run-command.h"
 #include "shortlog.h"
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@
 #include "streaming.h"
 #include "version.h"
 #include "mailmap.h"
-#include "gpg-interface.h"
 #include "progress.h"
 #include "commit-slab.h"
 #include "repository.h"
diff --git a/builtin/ls-files.c b/builtin/ls-files.c
index a0229c3277..92f94e65bf 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-files.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-files.c
@@ -14,19 +14,15 @@
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
-#include "tree.h"
-#include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "resolve-undo.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "path.h"
 #include "pathspec.h"
 #include "read-cache.h"
-#include "run-command.h"
 #include "setup.h"
 #include "sparse-index.h"
 #include "submodule.h"
-#include "submodule-config.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 
diff --git a/builtin/ls-remote.c b/builtin/ls-remote.c
index fc76575430..2975ea4082 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-remote.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-remote.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "ref-filter.h"
 #include "remote.h"
-#include "refs.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "wildmatch.h"
 
diff --git a/builtin/ls-tree.c b/builtin/ls-tree.c
index 209d2dc0d5..e4a891337c 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-tree.c
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "tree.h"
-#include "commit.h"
 #include "path.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
diff --git a/builtin/mailinfo.c b/builtin/mailinfo.c
index 53b55dd71c..53a22645da 100644
--- a/builtin/mailinfo.c
+++ b/builtin/mailinfo.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "abspath.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
-#include "utf8.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "mailinfo.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
diff --git a/builtin/merge-base.c b/builtin/merge-base.c
index e68b7fe45d..d26e8fbf6f 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-base.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-base.c
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
-#include "refs.h"
-#include "diff.h"
-#include "revision.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "repository.h"
diff --git a/builtin/merge-recursive.c b/builtin/merge-recursive.c
index 3366699657..c2ce044a20 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-recursive.c
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "advice.h"
-#include "commit.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hash.h"
-#include "tag.h"
 #include "merge-recursive.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "repository.h"
-#include "xdiff-interface.h"
 
 static const char builtin_merge_recursive_usage[] =
 	"git %s <base>... -- <head> <remote> ...";
diff --git a/builtin/merge-tree.c b/builtin/merge-tree.c
index a35e0452d6..f3c4669101 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-tree.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "blob.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "merge-blobs.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "tree.h"
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index d748d46e13..5b78854663 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 #include "unpack-trees.h"
 #include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "dir.h"
-#include "utf8.h"
-#include "log-tree.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "rerere.h"
 #include "help.h"
@@ -42,10 +40,8 @@
 #include "resolve-undo.h"
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "fmt-merge-msg.h"
-#include "gpg-interface.h"
 #include "sequencer.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
-#include "packfile.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "alias.h"
 #include "branch.h"
diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c
index c596515ad0..22e64fc290 100644
--- a/builtin/mv.c
+++ b/builtin/mv.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "pathspec.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
 #include "dir.h"
-#include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "read-cache-ll.h"
diff --git a/builtin/notes.c b/builtin/notes.c
index 9f38863dd5..e65cae0bcf 100644
--- a/builtin/notes.c
+++ b/builtin/notes.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "alloc.h"
 #include "editor.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
 #include "path.h"
 #include "repository.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "pretty.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "exec-cmd.h"
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 89a8b5a976..ab1c9de981 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "attr.h"
 #include "object.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "tag.h"
-#include "tree.h"
 #include "delta.h"
 #include "pack.h"
 #include "pack-revindex.h"
@@ -18,7 +16,6 @@
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "list-objects.h"
-#include "list-objects-filter.h"
 #include "list-objects-filter-options.h"
 #include "pack-objects.h"
 #include "progress.h"
diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index be2b2c9ebc..73a68b75b0 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "merge.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "oid-array.h"
 #include "remote.h"
@@ -24,15 +23,11 @@
 #include "rebase.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "refspec.h"
-#include "revision.h"
 #include "submodule.h"
 #include "submodule-config.h"
-#include "tempfile.h"
-#include "lockfile.h"
 #include "wt-status.h"
 #include "commit-reach.h"
 #include "sequencer.h"
-#include "packfile.h"
 
 /**
  * Parses the value of --rebase. If value is a false value, returns
diff --git a/builtin/push.c b/builtin/push.c
index 2e708383c2..23e841d5b5 100644
--- a/builtin/push.c
+++ b/builtin/push.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
-#include "refs.h"
 #include "refspec.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "remote.h"
diff --git a/builtin/range-diff.c b/builtin/range-diff.c
index e455a4795c..f02cbac087 100644
--- a/builtin/range-diff.c
+++ b/builtin/range-diff.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include "range-diff.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "repository.h"
-#include "revision.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_range_diff_usage[] = {
 N_("git range-diff [<options>] <old-base>..<old-tip> <new-base>..<new-tip>"),
diff --git a/builtin/read-tree.c b/builtin/read-tree.c
index 8196ca9dd8..20e7db1973 100644
--- a/builtin/read-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/read-tree.c
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@
 #include "tree-walk.h"
 #include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "unpack-trees.h"
-#include "dir.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "resolve-undo.h"
 #include "setup.h"
 #include "sparse-index.h"
 #include "submodule.h"
-#include "submodule-config.h"
 
 static int nr_trees;
 static int read_empty;
diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index 043c65dccd..d338b4053d 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -11,14 +11,10 @@
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "dir.h"
-#include "packfile.h"
 #include "refs.h"
-#include "quote.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "unpack-trees.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
 #include "object-file.h"
diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index 8c4f0cb90a..401d93b675 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "connected.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "version.h"
-#include "tag.h"
 #include "gpg-interface.h"
 #include "sigchain.h"
 #include "fsck.h"
diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index edaee4dbec..fc10570d06 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "path.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "server-info.h"
-#include "sigchain.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
diff --git a/builtin/rerere.c b/builtin/rerere.c
index 07a9d37275..b2efc6f640 100644
--- a/builtin/rerere.c
+++ b/builtin/rerere.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "dir.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "repository.h"
diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c
index 4b018d20e3..8390bfe4c4 100644
--- a/builtin/reset.c
+++ b/builtin/reset.c
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@
 #include "hash.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
-#include "tag.h"
 #include "object.h"
 #include "pretty.h"
-#include "run-command.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "diffcore.h"
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "setup.h"
 #include "sparse-index.h"
 #include "submodule.h"
-#include "submodule-config.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
 #include "dir.h"
diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
index 181353dcf5..460ba7cbaa 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "list-objects.h"
-#include "list-objects-filter.h"
 #include "list-objects-filter-options.h"
 #include "object.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index e6f9a1ad26..89821bab95 100644
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
-#include "config.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "diff.h"
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "rerere.h"
-#include "dir.h"
 #include "sequencer.h"
 #include "branch.h"
 
diff --git a/builtin/rm.c b/builtin/rm.c
index dff819ae50..fd130cea2d 100644
--- a/builtin/rm.c
+++ b/builtin/rm.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
 #include "dir.h"
-#include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hash.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
diff --git a/builtin/send-pack.c b/builtin/send-pack.c
index cd6d9e4112..395f2e490d 100644
--- a/builtin/send-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/send-pack.c
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "commit.h"
 #include "hex.h"
-#include "refs.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "sideband.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
@@ -11,9 +9,7 @@
 #include "send-pack.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "transport.h"
-#include "version.h"
 #include "oid-array.h"
-#include "gpg-interface.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "protocol.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
diff --git a/builtin/show-ref.c b/builtin/show-ref.c
index 7aac525a87..f102f6f613 100644
--- a/builtin/show-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/show-ref.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
 #include "object.h"
-#include "tag.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 
diff --git a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
index 5c8ffb1f75..80227f3df1 100644
--- a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
@@ -8,14 +8,10 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "pathspec.h"
 #include "repository.h"
-#include "run-command.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
-#include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
-#include "resolve-undo.h"
 #include "unpack-trees.h"
-#include "wt-status.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "setup.h"
 #include "sparse-index.h"
diff --git a/builtin/stash.c b/builtin/stash.c
index 4a6771c9f4..b2813c614c 100644
--- a/builtin/stash.c
+++ b/builtin/stash.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "sparse-index.h"
 #include "log-tree.h"
 #include "diffcore.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "reflog.h"
 #include "add-interactive.h"
 
diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index cce46450ab..fda50f2af1 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "refspec.h"
-#include "connect.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "diffcore.h"
 #include "diff.h"
diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index 3918eacbb5..358b308616 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
 #include "path.h"
 #include "tag.h"
-#include "run-command.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
diff --git a/builtin/unpack-objects.c b/builtin/unpack-objects.c
index fef7423448..e0a701f2b3 100644
--- a/builtin/unpack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/unpack-objects.c
@@ -10,12 +10,8 @@
 #include "delta.h"
 #include "pack.h"
 #include "blob.h"
-#include "commit.h"
 #include "replace-object.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
-#include "tag.h"
-#include "tree.h"
-#include "tree-walk.h"
 #include "progress.h"
 #include "decorate.h"
 #include "fsck.h"
diff --git a/builtin/update-ref.c b/builtin/update-ref.c
index c0c4e65e6f..61338a01ec 100644
--- a/builtin/update-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/update-ref.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "repository.h"
-#include "strvec.h"
 
 static const char * const git_update_ref_usage[] = {
 	N_("git update-ref [<options>] -d <refname> [<old-val>]"),
diff --git a/builtin/verify-commit.c b/builtin/verify-commit.c
index 9680b58701..0d2b9aea2a 100644
--- a/builtin/verify-commit.c
+++ b/builtin/verify-commit.c
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
-#include "object-store-ll.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "commit.h"
-#include "run-command.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "gpg-interface.h"
 
diff --git a/builtin/verify-tag.c b/builtin/verify-tag.c
index d8753270eb..c731e2f87b 100644
--- a/builtin/verify-tag.c
+++ b/builtin/verify-tag.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "tag.h"
-#include "run-command.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "gpg-interface.h"
diff --git a/bulk-checkin.c b/bulk-checkin.c
index 6ce62999e5..eb46b88637 100644
--- a/bulk-checkin.c
+++ b/bulk-checkin.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "csum-file.h"
 #include "pack.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
-#include "string-list.h"
 #include "tmp-objdir.h"
 #include "packfile.h"
 #include "object-file.h"
diff --git a/bundle-uri.c b/bundle-uri.c
index 8492fffd2f..ca32050a78 100644
--- a/bundle-uri.c
+++ b/bundle-uri.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "copy.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
-#include "object-store-ll.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "hashmap.h"
diff --git a/cache-tree.c b/cache-tree.c
index 641427ed41..64678fe199 100644
--- a/cache-tree.c
+++ b/cache-tree.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "read-cache-ll.h"
 #include "replace-object.h"
 #include "promisor-remote.h"
-#include "sparse-index.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
 
diff --git a/combine-diff.c b/combine-diff.c
index f90f442482..db94581f72 100644
--- a/combine-diff.c
+++ b/combine-diff.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "convert.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "diffcore.h"
 #include "environment.h"
diff --git a/commit-graph.c b/commit-graph.c
index ee66098e07..5bfee53e87 100644
--- a/commit-graph.c
+++ b/commit-graph.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "object.h"
 #include "refs.h"
-#include "revision.h"
 #include "hash-lookup.h"
 #include "commit-graph.h"
 #include "object-file.h"
diff --git a/commit-reach.c b/commit-reach.c
index a868a575ea..ecc913fc99 100644
--- a/commit-reach.c
+++ b/commit-reach.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "decorate.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "prio-queue.h"
-#include "tree.h"
 #include "ref-filter.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "tag.h"
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 8405d7c3fc..f6342d7deb 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
-#include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "advice.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "commit-reach.h"
-#include "run-command.h"
 #include "setup.h"
 #include "shallow.h"
 #include "tree.h"
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index b330c7adb4..cdc39cf369 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -30,15 +30,12 @@
 #include "pager.h"
 #include "path.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
-#include "dir.h"
 #include "color.h"
-#include "replace-object.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "setup.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
 #include "wildmatch.h"
-#include "worktree.h"
 #include "ws.h"
 #include "write-or-die.h"
 
diff --git a/delta-islands.c b/delta-islands.c
index 5de5759f3f..ee2318d45a 100644
--- a/delta-islands.c
+++ b/delta-islands.c
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
-#include "attr.h"
 #include "object.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "tree.h"
-#include "delta.h"
 #include "pack.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
 #include "diff.h"
-#include "revision.h"
-#include "list-objects.h"
 #include "progress.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "khash.h"
diff --git a/diff-lib.c b/diff-lib.c
index 0e9ec4f68a..8fde93d7ca 100644
--- a/diff-lib.c
+++ b/diff-lib.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Junio C Hamano
  */
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
-#include "quote.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "diffcore.h"
diff --git a/diff-no-index.c b/diff-no-index.c
index e7041b89e3..3a8965672c 100644
--- a/diff-no-index.c
+++ b/diff-no-index.c
@@ -8,13 +8,10 @@
 #include "abspath.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "commit.h"
-#include "blob.h"
-#include "tag.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "diffcore.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "revision.h"
-#include "log-tree.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "dir.h"
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 2c602df10a..587341805c 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "xdiff-interface.h"
 #include "color.h"
-#include "attr.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
 #include "userdiff.h"
-#include "submodule-config.h"
 #include "submodule.h"
 #include "hashmap.h"
 #include "mem-pool.h"
diff --git a/diffcore-break.c b/diffcore-break.c
index f57ece2757..49ba38aa7c 100644
--- a/diffcore-break.c
+++ b/diffcore-break.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Junio C Hamano
  */
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
-#include "diff.h"
 #include "diffcore.h"
 #include "hash.h"
 #include "object.h"
diff --git a/diffcore-delta.c b/diffcore-delta.c
index c30b56e983..4927ab8fb0 100644
--- a/diffcore-delta.c
+++ b/diffcore-delta.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
-#include "diff.h"
 #include "diffcore.h"
 
 /*
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 16fdb03f2a..3e75c126ed 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include "object-file.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
 #include "path.h"
-#include "attr.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "wildmatch.h"
 #include "pathspec.h"
diff --git a/entry.c b/entry.c
index 076e97eb89..f918a3a78e 100644
--- a/entry.c
+++ b/entry.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "environment.h"
diff --git a/exec-cmd.c b/exec-cmd.c
index 1d597e84ea..909777f61f 100644
--- a/exec-cmd.c
+++ b/exec-cmd.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "path.h"
-#include "quote.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "trace.h"
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index 26999e3b65..b0373bd87c 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "tag.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "pack.h"
 #include "sideband.h"
 #include "fetch-pack.h"
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "connect.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
-#include "transport.h"
 #include "version.h"
 #include "oid-array.h"
 #include "oidset.h"
diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index 6a0bbc5087..9fce4c9628 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "url.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
-#include "decorate.h"
 #include "oidset.h"
 #include "packfile.h"
 #include "submodule-config.h"
diff --git a/gettext.c b/gettext.c
index f27e94407b..57facbc21e 100644
--- a/gettext.c
+++ b/gettext.c
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
-#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
-#include "config.h"
 
 #ifndef NO_GETTEXT
 #	include <libintl.h>
diff --git a/gpg-interface.c b/gpg-interface.c
index 48f43c5a21..636475f598 100644
--- a/gpg-interface.c
+++ b/gpg-interface.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include "sigchain.h"
 #include "tempfile.h"
 #include "alias.h"
-#include "environment.h"
 
 static int git_gpg_config(const char *, const char *,
 			  const struct config_context *, void *);
diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index fc2d0c837a..5f23d1a50c 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include "xdiff-interface.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "diffcore.h"
-#include "commit.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "help.h"
 
diff --git a/http-fetch.c b/http-fetch.c
index fffda59267..93695a440a 100644
--- a/http-fetch.c
+++ b/http-fetch.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "http.h"
diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index a704f490fd..329513270c 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "blob.h"
 #include "http.h"
-#include "refs.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "list-objects.h"
 #include "setup.h"
diff --git a/http-walker.c b/http-walker.c
index 78d99f7c4b..b395ef1327 100644
--- a/http-walker.c
+++ b/http-walker.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "repository.h"
-#include "commit.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "walker.h"
 #include "http.h"
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 8f71bf00d8..a64005ceb8 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "transport.h"
 #include "packfile.h"
-#include "protocol.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "object-file.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
diff --git a/imap-send.c b/imap-send.c
index 996651e4f8..904cb23cf5 100644
--- a/imap-send.c
+++ b/imap-send.c
@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "credential.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "setup.h"
-#include "strbuf.h"
 #if defined(NO_OPENSSL) && !defined(HAVE_OPENSSL_CSPRNG)
 typedef void *SSL;
 #endif
diff --git a/line-log.c b/line-log.c
index 24a1ecb677..a878cb7810 100644
--- a/line-log.c
+++ b/line-log.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include "line-range.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "tag.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "commit.h"
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "xdiff-interface.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "log-tree.h"
-#include "graph.h"
 #include "userdiff.h"
 #include "line-log.h"
 #include "setup.h"
diff --git a/line-range.c b/line-range.c
index 47bf0d6f1a..60f0e5ada8 100644
--- a/line-range.c
+++ b/line-range.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "line-range.h"
 #include "xdiff-interface.h"
-#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "userdiff.h"
 
 /*
diff --git a/list-objects-filter-options.c b/list-objects-filter-options.c
index 8a08b7af49..c5f363ca6f 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter-options.c
+++ b/list-objects-filter-options.c
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
-#include "commit.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
-#include "revision.h"
-#include "strvec.h"
-#include "list-objects.h"
-#include "list-objects-filter.h"
 #include "list-objects-filter-options.h"
 #include "promisor-remote.h"
 #include "trace.h"
diff --git a/list-objects-filter.c b/list-objects-filter.c
index 9327ccd505..da287cc8e0 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter.c
+++ b/list-objects-filter.c
@@ -2,14 +2,9 @@
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
-#include "tag.h"
 #include "commit.h"
-#include "tree.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "diff.h"
-#include "tree-walk.h"
 #include "revision.h"
-#include "list-objects.h"
 #include "list-objects-filter.h"
 #include "list-objects-filter-options.h"
 #include "oidmap.h"
diff --git a/ls-refs.c b/ls-refs.c
index 0e49b932c3..819cbefee3 100644
--- a/ls-refs.c
+++ b/ls-refs.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "refs.h"
-#include "remote.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "ls-refs.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
diff --git a/merge-blobs.c b/merge-blobs.c
index 9293cbf75c..2f659fd014 100644
--- a/merge-blobs.c
+++ b/merge-blobs.c
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
-#include "run-command.h"
-#include "xdiff-interface.h"
 #include "merge-ll.h"
 #include "blob.h"
 #include "merge-blobs.h"
diff --git a/merge-ort.c b/merge-ort.c
index 6491070d96..2a0be46850 100644
--- a/merge-ort.c
+++ b/merge-ort.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 #include "alloc.h"
 #include "attr.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "commit-reach.h"
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "sparse-index.h"
 #include "strmap.h"
-#include "submodule-config.h"
 #include "submodule.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
 #include "tree.h"
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index e3beb0801b..a0c3e7a2d9 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "merge-recursive.h"
 
-#include "advice.h"
 #include "alloc.h"
-#include "attr.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "commit-reach.h"
@@ -32,8 +29,6 @@
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "sparse-index.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
-#include "submodule-config.h"
-#include "submodule.h"
 #include "symlinks.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
diff --git a/merge.c b/merge.c
index b60925459c..ca89b312d1 100644
--- a/merge.c
+++ b/merge.c
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
-#include "diff.h"
-#include "diffcore.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hash.h"
 #include "hex.h"
@@ -13,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
 #include "unpack-trees.h"
-#include "dir.h"
 
 static const char *merge_argument(struct commit *commit)
 {
diff --git a/negotiator/noop.c b/negotiator/noop.c
index de39028ab7..65e3c20008 100644
--- a/negotiator/noop.c
+++ b/negotiator/noop.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "noop.h"
-#include "../commit.h"
 #include "../fetch-negotiator.h"
 
 static void known_common(struct fetch_negotiator *n UNUSED,
diff --git a/notes.c b/notes.c
index 1ef2a331ce..fed1eda80c 100644
--- a/notes.c
+++ b/notes.c
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #include "notes.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
-#include "blob.h"
-#include "tree.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
diff --git a/object-file.c b/object-file.c
index 7c7afe5793..619f039ebc 100644
--- a/object-file.c
+++ b/object-file.c
@@ -15,24 +15,16 @@
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
-#include "delta.h"
 #include "pack.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
-#include "tag.h"
-#include "tree.h"
-#include "tree-walk.h"
 #include "refs.h"
-#include "pack-revindex.h"
-#include "hash-lookup.h"
 #include "bulk-checkin.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "replace-object.h"
 #include "streaming.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "list.h"
-#include "mergesort.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "packfile.h"
 #include "object-file.h"
diff --git a/object-name.c b/object-name.c
index 0bfa29dbbf..3a2ef5d680 100644
--- a/object-name.c
+++ b/object-name.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "tree.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "remote.h"
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@
 #include "read-cache-ll.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "setup.h"
-#include "submodule.h"
 #include "midx.h"
 #include "commit-reach.h"
 #include "date.h"
diff --git a/pack-bitmap-write.c b/pack-bitmap-write.c
index f4ecdf8b0e..be4733e3bd 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap-write.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap-write.c
@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
 #include "commit.h"
-#include "tag.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
-#include "list-objects.h"
 #include "progress.h"
-#include "pack-revindex.h"
 #include "pack.h"
 #include "pack-bitmap.h"
 #include "hash-lookup.h"
diff --git a/pack-check.c b/pack-check.c
index 977f619618..25104d5b14 100644
--- a/pack-check.c
+++ b/pack-check.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "pack.h"
-#include "pack-revindex.h"
 #include "progress.h"
 #include "packfile.h"
 #include "object-file.h"
diff --git a/pack-write.c b/pack-write.c
index b19ddf15b2..80ecfa544c 100644
--- a/pack-write.c
+++ b/pack-write.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "chunk-format.h"
 #include "pack-mtimes.h"
-#include "oidmap.h"
 #include "pack-objects.h"
 #include "pack-revindex.h"
 #include "path.h"
diff --git a/packfile.c b/packfile.c
index 9cc0a2e37a..84a005674d 100644
--- a/packfile.c
+++ b/packfile.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include "mergesort.h"
 #include "packfile.h"
 #include "delta.h"
-#include "streaming.h"
 #include "hash-lookup.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "object.h"
diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index e0c94b0546..6054a3ca5a 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "abspath.h"
 #include "parse.h"
-#include "commit.h"
-#include "color.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
diff --git a/patch-ids.c b/patch-ids.c
index c3e1a0dd21..a5683b462c 100644
--- a/patch-ids.c
+++ b/patch-ids.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "hash.h"
-#include "hash-lookup.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "patch-ids.h"
 
diff --git a/protocol-caps.c b/protocol-caps.c
index 808a68c974..75f4cbb0a7 100644
--- a/protocol-caps.c
+++ b/protocol-caps.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
-#include "strvec.h"
 #include "hash-ll.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "object.h"
diff --git a/reachable.c b/reachable.c
index 0ce8f83e56..f29b06a5d0 100644
--- a/reachable.c
+++ b/reachable.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "refs.h"
-#include "tag.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "blob.h"
 #include "diff.h"
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 080bd39713..08970caff7 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include "oid-array.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "commit.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "mem-pool.h"
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "read-cache.h"
 #include "resolve-undo.h"
 #include "revision.h"
-#include "run-command.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
 #include "varint.h"
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index e4d3510e28..96959a3762 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@
 #include "ref-filter.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
-#include "version.h"
 #include "versioncmp.h"
 #include "trailer.h"
 #include "wt-status.h"
 #include "commit-slab.h"
-#include "commit-graph.h"
 #include "commit-reach.h"
 #include "worktree.h"
 #include "hashmap.h"
diff --git a/reflog.c b/reflog.c
index 9ad50e7d93..0a1bc35e8c 100644
--- a/reflog.c
+++ b/reflog.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
-#include "worktree.h"
 
 /* Remember to update object flag allocation in object.h */
 #define INCOMPLETE	(1u<<10)
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index db5c0c7a72..922e65e0d9 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "../git-compat-util.h"
-#include "../config.h"
 #include "../copy.h"
 #include "../environment.h"
 #include "../gettext.h"
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@
 #include "../dir.h"
 #include "../chdir-notify.h"
 #include "../setup.h"
-#include "../worktree.h"
 #include "../wrapper.h"
 #include "../write-or-die.h"
 #include "../revision.h"
diff --git a/refs/packed-backend.c b/refs/packed-backend.c
index 59c78d7941..5963e67c14 100644
--- a/refs/packed-backend.c
+++ b/refs/packed-backend.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "../git-compat-util.h"
-#include "../alloc.h"
 #include "../config.h"
 #include "../gettext.h"
 #include "../hash.h"
diff --git a/refs/ref-cache.c b/refs/ref-cache.c
index 6e3b725245..a372a00941 100644
--- a/refs/ref-cache.c
+++ b/refs/ref-cache.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "../git-compat-util.h"
-#include "../alloc.h"
 #include "../hash.h"
 #include "../refs.h"
 #include "../repository.h"
diff --git a/reftable/dump.c b/reftable/dump.c
index ce936b4e18..26e0393c7d 100644
--- a/reftable/dump.c
+++ b/reftable/dump.c
@@ -11,14 +11,12 @@ license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
 
 #include "reftable-blocksource.h"
 #include "reftable-error.h"
-#include "reftable-merged.h"
 #include "reftable-record.h"
 #include "reftable-tests.h"
 #include "reftable-writer.h"
 #include "reftable-iterator.h"
 #include "reftable-reader.h"
 #include "reftable-stack.h"
-#include "reftable-generic.h"
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/reftable/generic.c b/reftable/generic.c
index 57f8032db9..b9f1c7c18a 100644
--- a/reftable/generic.c
+++ b/reftable/generic.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
 https://developers.google.com/open-source/licenses/bsd
 */
 
-#include "basics.h"
 #include "constants.h"
 #include "record.h"
 #include "generic.h"
diff --git a/reftable/merged.c b/reftable/merged.c
index 5ded470c08..9191f3addd 100644
--- a/reftable/merged.c
+++ b/reftable/merged.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
 #include "constants.h"
 #include "iter.h"
 #include "pq.h"
-#include "reader.h"
 #include "record.h"
 #include "generic.h"
 #include "reftable-merged.h"
diff --git a/reftable/merged_test.c b/reftable/merged_test.c
index d08c16abef..0d6e0d4bf5 100644
--- a/reftable/merged_test.c
+++ b/reftable/merged_test.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
 
 #include "basics.h"
 #include "blocksource.h"
-#include "constants.h"
 #include "reader.h"
 #include "record.h"
 #include "test_framework.h"
diff --git a/reftable/reader.c b/reftable/reader.c
index b4db23ce18..8b7a27781c 100644
--- a/reftable/reader.c
+++ b/reftable/reader.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
 #include "record.h"
 #include "reftable-error.h"
 #include "reftable-generic.h"
-#include "tree.h"
 
 uint64_t block_source_size(struct reftable_block_source *source)
 {
diff --git a/reftable/readwrite_test.c b/reftable/readwrite_test.c
index 469ab79a5a..f0d468be39 100644
--- a/reftable/readwrite_test.c
+++ b/reftable/readwrite_test.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
 #include "basics.h"
 #include "block.h"
 #include "blocksource.h"
-#include "constants.h"
 #include "reader.h"
 #include "record.h"
 #include "test_framework.h"
diff --git a/reftable/refname_test.c b/reftable/refname_test.c
index 8645cd93bb..699e1aea41 100644
--- a/reftable/refname_test.c
+++ b/reftable/refname_test.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
 #include "basics.h"
 #include "block.h"
 #include "blocksource.h"
-#include "constants.h"
 #include "reader.h"
 #include "record.h"
 #include "refname.h"
diff --git a/reftable/stack_test.c b/reftable/stack_test.c
index d0b717510f..d1b2908fa3 100644
--- a/reftable/stack_test.c
+++ b/reftable/stack_test.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
 #include "reftable-reader.h"
 #include "merged.h"
 #include "basics.h"
-#include "constants.h"
 #include "record.h"
 #include "test_framework.h"
 #include "reftable-tests.h"
diff --git a/reftable/test_framework.c b/reftable/test_framework.c
index 84ac972cad..04044fc1a0 100644
--- a/reftable/test_framework.c
+++ b/reftable/test_framework.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
 #include "system.h"
 #include "test_framework.h"
 
-#include "basics.h"
 
 void set_test_hash(uint8_t *p, int i)
 {
diff --git a/reftable/tree_test.c b/reftable/tree_test.c
index ac3a045ad4..6961a657ad 100644
--- a/reftable/tree_test.c
+++ b/reftable/tree_test.c
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
 #include "system.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 
-#include "basics.h"
-#include "record.h"
 #include "test_framework.h"
 #include "reftable-tests.h"
 
diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index ef05752ca5..204feebabe 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "walker.h"
 #include "http.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index abb24822be..6bef95316a 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "dir.h"
-#include "tag.h"
 #include "setup.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
diff --git a/rerere.c b/rerere.c
index 09e1941285..ca7e77ba68 100644
--- a/rerere.c
+++ b/rerere.c
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "resolve-undo.h"
 #include "merge-ll.h"
-#include "attr.h"
 #include "path.h"
 #include "pathspec.h"
 #include "object-file.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
-#include "hash-lookup.h"
 #include "strmap.h"
 
 #define RESOLVED 0
diff --git a/reset.c b/reset.c
index 48da0adf85..0f2ff0fe31 100644
--- a/reset.c
+++ b/reset.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "reset.h"
-#include "run-command.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "unpack-trees.h"
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 00d5c29bfc..51c056adbe 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@
 #include "reflog-walk.h"
 #include "patch-ids.h"
 #include "decorate.h"
-#include "log-tree.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "line-log.h"
 #include "mailmap.h"
 #include "commit-slab.h"
-#include "dir.h"
 #include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "bisect.h"
 #include "packfile.h"
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index a558042c87..0e7435718a 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "packfile.h"
-#include "hook.h"
 #include "compat/nonblock.h"
-#include "alloc.h"
 
 void child_process_init(struct child_process *child)
 {
diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index 89aca9d829..37f59d4f66 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "date.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
-#include "refs.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "sideband.h"
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "connect.h"
 #include "send-pack.h"
-#include "quote.h"
 #include "transport.h"
 #include "version.h"
 #include "oid-array.h"
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index d584cac8ed..fab88e4efc 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@
 #include "pager.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "sequencer.h"
-#include "tag.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "hook.h"
-#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
 #include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "diff.h"
@@ -39,7 +37,6 @@
 #include "notes-utils.h"
 #include "sigchain.h"
 #include "unpack-trees.h"
-#include "worktree.h"
 #include "oidmap.h"
 #include "oidset.h"
 #include "commit-slab.h"
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index fc592dc6dd..c5d3efe196 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "chdir-notify.h"
 #include "path.h"
-#include "promisor-remote.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
 #include "worktree.h"
diff --git a/shallow.c b/shallow.c
index ac728cdd77..7711798127 100644
--- a/shallow.c
+++ b/shallow.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
-#include "remote.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "oid-array.h"
 #include "path.h"
diff --git a/shell.c b/shell.c
index 5c67e7bd97..2ece8b16e2 100644
--- a/shell.c
+++ b/shell.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "alias.h"
-#include "prompt.h"
 
 #define COMMAND_DIR "git-shell-commands"
 #define HELP_COMMAND COMMAND_DIR "/help"
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index e603a19a87..213da79f66 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "oid-array.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "thread-utils.h"
 #include "path.h"
-#include "quote.h"
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "worktree.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
@@ -30,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "commit-reach.h"
 #include "read-cache-ll.h"
 #include "setup.h"
-#include "shallow.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
 
 static int config_update_recurse_submodules = RECURSE_SUBMODULES_OFF;
diff --git a/t/helper/test-bundle-uri.c b/t/helper/test-bundle-uri.c
index 475058592d..09dc78733c 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-bundle-uri.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-bundle-uri.c
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "transport.h"
-#include "ref-filter.h"
 #include "remote.h"
-#include "refs.h"
 
 enum input_mode {
 	KEY_VALUE_PAIRS,
diff --git a/t/helper/test-reach.c b/t/helper/test-reach.c
index 3e173399a0..1e159a754d 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-reach.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-reach.c
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 #include "test-tool.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "commit-reach.h"
-#include "config.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
-#include "parse-options.h"
 #include "ref-filter.h"
 #include "setup.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
diff --git a/t/helper/test-repository.c b/t/helper/test-repository.c
index 4cd8a952e5..c925655c64 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-repository.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-repository.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "test-tool.h"
 #include "commit-graph.h"
 #include "commit.h"
-#include "config.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
diff --git a/t/helper/test-simple-ipc.c b/t/helper/test-simple-ipc.c
index 941ae7e3bc..fb5927775d 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-simple-ipc.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-simple-ipc.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #include "test-tool.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
-#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "simple-ipc.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "thread-utils.h"
diff --git a/tmp-objdir.c b/tmp-objdir.c
index 5f9074ad1c..3509258be5 100644
--- a/tmp-objdir.c
+++ b/tmp-objdir.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "object-file.h"
 #include "path.h"
-#include "sigchain.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
diff --git a/trace2.c b/trace2.c
index 6dc74dff4c..d961f0e3a8 100644
--- a/trace2.c
+++ b/trace2.c
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "json-writer.h"
-#include "quote.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "sigchain.h"
 #include "thread-utils.h"
-#include "version.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
 #include "trace2/tr2_cfg.h"
diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
index 49811ef176..e34a8f47cf 100644
--- a/transport-helper.c
+++ b/transport-helper.c
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "commit.h"
-#include "diff.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "repository.h"
-#include "revision.h"
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "thread-utils.h"
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 219af8fd50..bd7899e9bf 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "connect.h"
 #include "send-pack.h"
-#include "walker.h"
 #include "bundle.h"
-#include "dir.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "refspec.h"
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "transport-internal.h"
 #include "protocol.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
-#include "object-store-ll.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "bundle-uri.h"
 
diff --git a/tree.c b/tree.c
index 990f9c9854..508e5fd76f 100644
--- a/tree.c
+++ b/tree.c
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
-#include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
-#include "blob.h"
 #include "commit.h"
-#include "tag.h"
 #include "alloc.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
 #include "repository.h"
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index ea234ab6a4..2537affa90 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -9,13 +9,10 @@
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "object-store-ll.h"
 #include "oid-array.h"
-#include "tag.h"
 #include "object.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
-#include "list-objects.h"
-#include "list-objects-filter.h"
 #include "list-objects-filter-options.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "connect.h"
@@ -24,11 +21,8 @@
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
-#include "prio-queue.h"
 #include "protocol.h"
-#include "quote.h"
 #include "upload-pack.h"
-#include "serve.h"
 #include "commit-graph.h"
 #include "commit-reach.h"
 #include "shallow.h"
diff --git a/wrapper.c b/wrapper.c
index 7da15a56da..eeac3741cf 100644
--- a/wrapper.c
+++ b/wrapper.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include "abspath.h"
 #include "parse.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
-#include "repository.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
 
diff --git a/xdiff-interface.c b/xdiff-interface.c
index adcea109fa..b39ffb1f71 100644
--- a/xdiff-interface.c
+++ b/xdiff-interface.c
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #include "xdiff-interface.h"
 #include "xdiff/xtypes.h"
 #include "xdiff/xdiffi.h"
-#include "xdiff/xemit.h"
-#include "xdiff/xmacros.h"
 #include "xdiff/xutils.h"
 
 struct xdiff_emit_state {