diff --git a/active/components/okularplugin.cpp b/active/components/okularplugin.cpp
index a6092d87f..4d2907945 100644
--- a/active/components/okularplugin.cpp
+++ b/active/components/okularplugin.cpp
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 
 #include <QtQml/QQmlEngine>
 
-#include <KGlobalSettings>
-
 void OkularPlugin::registerTypes(const char *uri)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(uri == QLatin1String("org.kde.okular"));
diff --git a/core/pagecontroller.cpp b/core/pagecontroller.cpp
index 18848f278..36a8dfeb7 100644
--- a/core/pagecontroller.cpp
+++ b/core/pagecontroller.cpp
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 
 #include "pagecontroller_p.h"
 
-// qt/kde includes
-#include <kglobal.h>
-
 // local includes
 #include "page_p.h"
 #include "rotationjob_p.h"