diff --git a/src/ckpool.c b/src/ckpool.c
index 4f30d15c..fe457b44 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.c
+++ b/src/ckpool.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <grp.h>
 #include <jansson.h>
-#include <zlib.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/src/connector.c b/src/connector.c
index ad87ce76..c93f6ffe 100644
--- a/src/connector.c
+++ b/src/connector.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <zlib.h>
 
 #include "ckpool.h"
 #include "libckpool.h"