diff --git a/src/detect-engine-tag.c b/src/detect-engine-tag.c
index 7f954e7454..ddcd69b7e9 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-tag.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-tag.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "suricata-common.h"
 #include "detect-engine.h"
 #include "util-hash.h"
-#include "util-atomic.h"
 #include "util-hashlist.h"
 #include "detect-engine-tag.h"
 #include "detect-engine-build.h"
diff --git a/src/flow-private.h b/src/flow-private.h
index a7a4a011b5..b48e18fed6 100644
--- a/src/flow-private.h
+++ b/src/flow-private.h
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 #include "flow-hash.h"
 #include "flow-queue.h"
 
-#include "util-atomic.h"
-
 /* global flow flags */
 
 /** Flow engine is in emergency mode. This means it doesn't have enough spare
diff --git a/src/output-json-file.c b/src/output-json-file.c
index 08858ccaad..7d906bf942 100644
--- a/src/output-json-file.c
+++ b/src/output-json-file.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include "util-unittest.h"
 #include "util-privs.h"
 #include "util-debug.h"
-#include "util-atomic.h"
 #include "util-file.h"
 #include "util-buffer.h"
 #include "util-byte.h"
diff --git a/src/runmode-unittests.c b/src/runmode-unittests.c
index a35022619d..d216f95679 100644
--- a/src/runmode-unittests.c
+++ b/src/runmode-unittests.c
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
 #include "util-affinity.h"
 
 #include "reputation.h"
-#include "util-atomic.h"
 #include "util-spm.h"
 #include "util-hash.h"
 #include "util-hashlist.h"
diff --git a/src/source-pcap-file-helper.h b/src/source-pcap-file-helper.h
index 7d59d4fc75..ac873f7a3b 100644
--- a/src/source-pcap-file-helper.h
+++ b/src/source-pcap-file-helper.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 #include "suricata-common.h"
 #include "tm-threads.h"
-#include "util-atomic.h"
 
 #ifndef SURICATA_SOURCE_PCAP_FILE_HELPER_H
 #define SURICATA_SOURCE_PCAP_FILE_HELPER_H
diff --git a/src/threadvars.h b/src/threadvars.h
index b1f1132f76..2322d39f71 100644
--- a/src/threadvars.h
+++ b/src/threadvars.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "tm-queues.h"
 #include "counters.h"
 #include "packet-queue.h"
-#include "util-atomic.h"
 #include "util-storage.h"
 
 struct TmSlot_;
diff --git a/src/util-mem.c b/src/util-mem.c
index babdfa3f56..e085ca6f7a 100644
--- a/src/util-mem.c
+++ b/src/util-mem.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 #include "suricata-common.h"
 #include "suricata.h"
-#include "util-atomic.h"
 #include "util-debug.h"
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32)