diff --git a/src/util-debug.h b/src/util-debug.h
index 3f361e35cb..2e8e4f02d3 100644
--- a/src/util-debug.h
+++ b/src/util-debug.h
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
 #ifndef __UTIL_DEBUG_H__
 #define __UTIL_DEBUG_H__
 
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <pcre.h>
+#include "suricata-common.h"
 
 #include "threads.h"
 #include "util-enum.h"
diff --git a/src/util-enum.c b/src/util-enum.c
index f6c3291050..f63140afa0 100644
--- a/src/util-enum.c
+++ b/src/util-enum.c
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
  * \author Anoop Saldanha <anoopsaldanha@gmail.com>
  */
 
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
+#include "suricata-common.h"
 
 #include "util-enum.h"
 #include "util-debug.h"