diff --git a/cxl/event_trace.c b/cxl/event_trace.c
index 76dd4e76..926f4463 100644
--- a/cxl/event_trace.c
+++ b/cxl/event_trace.c
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 // Copyright (C) 2022, Intel Corp. All rights reserved.
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #include <json-c/json.h>
 #include <util/json.h>
 #include <util/util.h>
 #include <util/strbuf.h>
 #include <ccan/list/list.h>
 #include <uuid/uuid.h>
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
-#include <tracefs/tracefs.h>
+#include <tracefs.h>
 #include "event_trace.h"
 
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
diff --git a/cxl/monitor.c b/cxl/monitor.c
index 749f4729..e3469b9a 100644
--- a/cxl/monitor.c
+++ b/cxl/monitor.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #include <json-c/json.h>
 #include <libgen.h>
 #include <time.h>
@@ -16,8 +17,7 @@
 #include <util/strbuf.h>
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
-#include <tracefs/tracefs.h>
+#include <tracefs.h>
 #include <cxl/libcxl.h>
 
 /* reuse the core log helpers for the monitor logger */