diff --git a/include/hw/display/edid.h b/include/hw/display/edid.h
index 7948bd2c40f8..ff99dc0a052b 100644
--- a/include/hw/display/edid.h
+++ b/include/hw/display/edid.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef EDID_H
 #define EDID_H
 
-#include "hw/hw.h"
+#include "qom/object.h"
 
 typedef struct qemu_edid_info {
     const char *vendor; /* http://www.uefi.org/pnp_id_list */
diff --git a/include/hw/hw.h b/include/hw/hw.h
index 8e18358e6ac4..8079b911fa78 100644
--- a/include/hw/hw.h
+++ b/include/hw/hw.h
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #error Cannot include hw/hw.h from user emulation
 #endif
 
-#include "qom/object.h"
-
 void QEMU_NORETURN hw_error(const char *fmt, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 2);
 
 #endif