diff --git a/src/backends/drm/drm_output.cpp b/src/backends/drm/drm_output.cpp
index 27921d95ea..8cc203b686 100644
--- a/src/backends/drm/drm_output.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/drm/drm_output.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "egl_gbm_backend.h"
 #include "kwinglutils.h"
 #include "logging.h"
-#include "main.h"
 #include "outputconfiguration.h"
 #include "renderloop.h"
 #include "renderloop_p.h"
diff --git a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_backend.cpp b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_backend.cpp
index 04f8c44ed4..29cdc177fa 100644
--- a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_backend.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "dpmsinputeventfilter.h"
 #include "input.h"
 #include "keyboard_input.h"
-#include "main.h"
 #include "pointer_input.h"
 #include "scene.h"
 #include "wayland_server.h"
diff --git a/src/backends/x11/windowed/egl_x11_backend.cpp b/src/backends/x11/windowed/egl_x11_backend.cpp
index a618113c46..9c3e446cac 100644
--- a/src/backends/x11/windowed/egl_x11_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/x11/windowed/egl_x11_backend.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 // kwin
 #include "basiceglsurfacetexture_internal.h"
 #include "basiceglsurfacetexture_wayland.h"
-#include "main.h"
 #include "softwarevsyncmonitor.h"
 #include "x11windowed_backend.h"
 #include "x11windowed_output.h"
diff --git a/src/backends/x11/windowed/scene_qpainter_x11_backend.cpp b/src/backends/x11/windowed/scene_qpainter_x11_backend.cpp
index 772e0d497c..a8491e1704 100644
--- a/src/backends/x11/windowed/scene_qpainter_x11_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/x11/windowed/scene_qpainter_x11_backend.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */
 #include "scene_qpainter_x11_backend.h"
-#include "main.h"
 #include "softwarevsyncmonitor.h"
 #include "x11windowed_backend.h"
 #include "x11windowed_output.h"