diff --git a/tools/lib/list_sort.c b/tools/lib/list_sort.c
index 69affa251fa7..bb99e493dcd1 100644
--- a/tools/lib/list_sort.c
+++ b/tools/lib/list_sort.c
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
-#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/list_sort.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>