diff --git a/dumpcap.c b/dumpcap.c
index 04833e7d62..05c0ed6a9e 100644
--- a/dumpcap.c
+++ b/dumpcap.c
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@
 #include "wsutil/wsgetopt.h"
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_NETDB_H
-#include <netdb.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP
 # include <sys/prctl.h>
 # include <sys/capability.h>
diff --git a/epan/ipproto.c b/epan/ipproto.c
index 97ed2d8c20..8eaeb3eaca 100644
--- a/epan/ipproto.c
+++ b/epan/ipproto.c
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_NETDB_H
-# include <netdb.h>
-#endif
-
 #include <glib.h>
 
 #include <epan/packet.h>
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index 597f695a11..0e60e97a3a 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -79,10 +79,6 @@
 # include <netinet/in.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_NETDB_H
-# include <netdb.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
 # include <winsock2.h>
 # include <ws2tcpip.h>