diff --git a/src/scancel/opt.c b/src/scancel/opt.c
index ee051010b2769fc6b5c3033a57fef57cd2dd3d68..428ca8e069f0742352a5263d5bdb78b440c2b34d 100644
--- a/src/scancel/opt.c
+++ b/src/scancel/opt.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <src/common/log.h>
+#include <src/common/macros.h>
 #include <src/common/slurm_protocol_defs.h>
 #include <src/common/xmalloc.h>
 #include <src/common/xstring.h>
diff --git a/src/scancel/scancel.c b/src/scancel/scancel.c
index d7f3030d00917bdcdf65db79482d218bd5aea650..f1998444bf3e067f1e83962d05095c380f8c3f7b 100644
--- a/src/scancel/scancel.c
+++ b/src/scancel/scancel.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include <slurm/slurm.h>
 
 #include "src/common/log.h"
-#include "src/common/slurm_protocol_api.h"
 #include "src/common/xstring.h"
 #include "src/common/xmalloc.h"
 #include "src/scancel/scancel.h"
diff --git a/src/scancel/scancel.h b/src/scancel/scancel.h
index 99ea4266fd3863de4ed7bc538170bdeb9bb705ad..c6b9882e3c653453e7d08ba8e1fc0b0a61f49076 100644
--- a/src/scancel/scancel.h
+++ b/src/scancel/scancel.h
@@ -28,12 +28,9 @@
 #define _HAVE_SCANCEL_H
 
 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#include "config.h"
+#  include "config.h"
 #endif
 
-#include <src/common/macros.h>	/* true and false */
-#include <src/common/slurm_protocol_defs.h>
-
 typedef struct scancel_options {
 
 	bool interactive;	/* --interactive, -i		*/