diff --git a/src/IO/GenericIO.hpp b/src/IO/GenericIO.hpp
index 2333946028..ecbaf64573 100644
--- a/src/IO/GenericIO.hpp
+++ b/src/IO/GenericIO.hpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #ifndef __BITPIT_GENERIC_IO_HPP__
 #define __BITPIT_GENERIC_IO_HPP__
 
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <fstream>
diff --git a/src/common/logger.cpp b/src/common/logger.cpp
index 4d8bd217e6..a95faf8af7 100644
--- a/src/common/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/common/logger.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 #include <array>
 #include <cassert>
-#include <cctype>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <cstdio>
@@ -32,12 +31,10 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <iostream>
-#include <memory>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <functional>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <type_traits>
 
 #include "compiler.hpp"
 #include "fileHandler.hpp"
diff --git a/src/common/logger.hpp b/src/common/logger.hpp
index 155dcab58c..231a209fd7 100644
--- a/src/common/logger.hpp
+++ b/src/common/logger.hpp
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "bitpit_common.hpp"
-
 #define BITPIT_DEBUG_COUT(...) BITPIT_OVERLOAD_CALL(BITPIT_DEBUG_COUT, __VA_ARGS__)
 #if BITPIT_ENABLE_DEBUG
 #define BITPIT_DEBUG_COUT_0()     bitpit::log::cout()
diff --git a/test/integration_tests/operators/test_operators_00001.cpp b/test/integration_tests/operators/test_operators_00001.cpp
index a16983c498..471d1901f4 100644
--- a/test/integration_tests/operators/test_operators_00001.cpp
+++ b/test/integration_tests/operators/test_operators_00001.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 // ================================================================================== //
 #include <array>
 #include <cmath>
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <iostream>
 #if BITPIT_ENABLE_MPI==1
 #include <mpi.h>