diff --git a/src/platformsupport/scenes/opengl/openglbackend.cpp b/src/platformsupport/scenes/opengl/openglbackend.cpp
index 253b89ba09..e48a090db5 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/scenes/opengl/openglbackend.cpp
+++ b/src/platformsupport/scenes/opengl/openglbackend.cpp
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@
     SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */
 #include "platformsupport/scenes/opengl/openglbackend.h"
-#include "libkwineffects/kwineffects.h"
 #include "libkwineffects/kwinglutils_funcs.h"
 
 #include "utils/common.h"
-#include "workspace.h"
 
 #include <QElapsedTimer>