diff --git a/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp b/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp
index c8d84afaae2..08ae1fc9cb7 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp
+++ b/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <gnc-locale-utils.h>
 #include <gnc-path.h>
 #include <gnc-prefs.h>
-#include <gnc-gsettings.h>
 #include <gnc-version.h>
 #include "gnucash-locale-platform.h"
 
diff --git a/gnucash/gnucash.cpp b/gnucash/gnucash.cpp
index 1110b05baa5..4cb4b2d3e09 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnucash.cpp
+++ b/gnucash/gnucash.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <gnc-file.h>
 #include <gnc-filepath-utils.h>
 #include <gnc-gnome-utils.h>
-#include <gnc-gsettings.h>
 #include <gnc-hooks.h>
 #include <gnc-module.h>
 #include <gnc-path.h>