diff --git a/libavcodec/vc2enc.c b/libavcodec/vc2enc.c
index ccca78d281..bfa43b3c03 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vc2enc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vc2enc.c
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 
 #include "libavutil/pixdesc.h"
 #include "libavutil/opt.h"
+#include "libavutil/version.h"
 #include "dirac.h"
 #include "encode.h"
 #include "put_bits.h"
 #include "internal.h"
-#include "version.h"
 
 #include "vc2enc_dwt.h"
 #include "diractab.h"
diff --git a/libavcodec/x86/blockdsp_init.c b/libavcodec/x86/blockdsp_init.c
index be3eef0021..d7f8a8e508 100644
--- a/libavcodec/x86/blockdsp_init.c
+++ b/libavcodec/x86/blockdsp_init.c
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "libavutil/attributes.h"
-#include "libavutil/internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/cpu.h"
 #include "libavutil/x86/cpu.h"
 #include "libavcodec/blockdsp.h"
-#include "libavcodec/version.h"
 
 void ff_clear_block_mmx(int16_t *block);
 void ff_clear_block_sse(int16_t *block);
diff --git a/libavfilter/internal.h b/libavfilter/internal.h
index 1099b82b4b..53883101a8 100644
--- a/libavfilter/internal.h
+++ b/libavfilter/internal.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "avfilter.h"
 #include "formats.h"
 #include "framequeue.h"
-#include "version.h"
 #include "video.h"
 
 typedef struct AVFilterCommand {
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_swapuv.c b/libavfilter/vf_swapuv.c
index 27d083f026..4452028262 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_swapuv.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_swapuv.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
 #include "libavutil/opt.h"
 #include "libavutil/pixdesc.h"
-#include "libavutil/version.h"
 #include "avfilter.h"
 #include "formats.h"
 #include "internal.h"
diff --git a/libavformat/url.h b/libavformat/url.h
index a129150d76..3cfe3ecc5c 100644
--- a/libavformat/url.h
+++ b/libavformat/url.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #define AVFORMAT_URL_H
 
 #include "avio.h"
-#include "libavformat/version.h"
 
 #include "libavutil/dict.h"
 #include "libavutil/log.h"
diff --git a/libavutil/common.h b/libavutil/common.h
index 3eb9bc5f74..fd1404be6c 100644
--- a/libavutil/common.h
+++ b/libavutil/common.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 
 #include "attributes.h"
 #include "macros.h"
-#include "version.h"
 
 //rounded division & shift
 #define RSHIFT(a,b) ((a) > 0 ? ((a) + ((1<<(b))>>1))>>(b) : ((a) + ((1<<(b))>>1)-1)>>(b))
diff --git a/libavutil/internal.h b/libavutil/internal.h
index 0a7f1c6257..79c2130be0 100644
--- a/libavutil/internal.h
+++ b/libavutil/internal.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include "dict.h"
 #include "macros.h"
 #include "pixfmt.h"
-#include "version.h"
 
 #if ARCH_X86
 #   include "x86/emms.h"
diff --git a/libswscale/swscale_internal.h b/libswscale/swscale_internal.h
index 26d28d42e6..3cf96d5fbc 100644
--- a/libswscale/swscale_internal.h
+++ b/libswscale/swscale_internal.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <stdatomic.h>
 
 #include "config.h"
-#include "version.h"
 
 #include "libavutil/avassert.h"
 #include "libavutil/avutil.h"