diff --git a/disas/ia64.c b/disas/ia64.c
index a8fe26c4136f..d7c7bdfc51f0 100644
--- a/disas/ia64.c
+++ b/disas/ia64.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
    along with this file; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
 
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "disas/bfd.h"
diff --git a/hw/i386/xen/xen_platform.c b/hw/i386/xen/xen_platform.c
index 28b324a6f459..ee45f038b821 100644
--- a/hw/i386/xen/xen_platform.c
+++ b/hw/i386/xen/xen_platform.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-#include <assert.h>
-
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "hw/i386/pc.h"
 #include "hw/ide.h"
diff --git a/linux-user/signal.c b/linux-user/signal.c
index 9d4cef409ea9..502efd9fc43b 100644
--- a/linux-user/signal.c
+++ b/linux-user/signal.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <sys/ucontext.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 
diff --git a/target-microblaze/op_helper.c b/target-microblaze/op_helper.c
index d2b3624512d1..092c4b594d72 100644
--- a/target-microblaze/op_helper.c
+++ b/target-microblaze/op_helper.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
  * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-#include <assert.h>
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "exec/helper-proto.h"
 #include "qemu/host-utils.h"
diff --git a/target-moxie/helper.c b/target-moxie/helper.c
index f21e88406b73..f91ac28d34a6 100644
--- a/target-moxie/helper.c
+++ b/target-moxie/helper.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
diff --git a/target-moxie/translate.c b/target-moxie/translate.c
index e3e9139061e0..cc77366ee7ae 100644
--- a/target-moxie/translate.c
+++ b/target-moxie/translate.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
diff --git a/target-sh4/op_helper.c b/target-sh4/op_helper.c
index cbc11aeccd8f..a3121180dcec 100644
--- a/target-sh4/op_helper.c
+++ b/target-sh4/op_helper.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "exec/helper-proto.h"
diff --git a/tests/test-xbzrle.c b/tests/test-xbzrle.c
index db93b0a3d2a2..b5ee8bb09ec5 100644
--- a/tests/test-xbzrle.c
+++ b/tests/test-xbzrle.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <strings.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "include/migration/migration.h"