diff --git a/block/dmg.c b/block/dmg.c
index 1ea5f22..06eb513 100644
--- a/block/dmg.c
+++ b/block/dmg.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_BZIP2
 #include <bzlib.h>
 #endif
-#include <glib.h>
 
 enum {
     /* Limit chunk sizes to prevent unreasonable amounts of memory being used
diff --git a/block/vhdx.c b/block/vhdx.c
index c0d24a2..f5605a2 100644
--- a/block/vhdx.c
+++ b/block/vhdx.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 
 #include <uuid/uuid.h>
-#include <glib.h>
 
 /* Options for VHDX creation */
 
diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 372e5ed..2205cc8 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include <zlib.h>
-#include <glib.h>
 
 #define VMDK3_MAGIC (('C' << 24) | ('O' << 16) | ('W' << 8) | 'D')
 #define VMDK4_MAGIC (('K' << 24) | ('D' << 16) | ('M' << 8) | 'V')
diff --git a/fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c b/fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c
index fb40bdf..fce1ee9 100644
--- a/fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c
+++ b/fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include <glib.h>
 #include <glib/gprintf.h>
 #include <utime.h>
 #include <sys/uio.h>
diff --git a/fsdev/9p-marshal.c b/fsdev/9p-marshal.c
index 183d366..f56ef0e 100644
--- a/fsdev/9p-marshal.c
+++ b/fsdev/9p-marshal.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include <glib.h>
 #include <glib/gprintf.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <utime.h>
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p.h b/hw/9pfs/9p.h
index 1a19418..83cba5f 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p.h
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <utime.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
-#include <glib.h>
 #include "standard-headers/linux/virtio_9p.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
 #include "fsdev/file-op-9p.h"
diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
index 279f0d7..d0ffc25 100644
--- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "acpi-build.h"
-#include <glib.h>
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/bitmap.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 24e7042..a6a6604 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include <glib.h>
 
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "hw/loader.h"
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h b/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
index 7eb51c7..0b01376 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef HW_ACPI_GEN_UTILS_H
 #define HW_ACPI_GEN_UTILS_H
 
-#include <glib.h>
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi-defs.h"
 
 /* Reserve RAM space for tables: add another order of magnitude. */
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h b/include/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h
index 82f1af6..80afcce 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef BIOS_LINKER_LOADER_H
 #define BIOS_LINKER_LOADER_H
 
-#include <glib.h>
 
 GArray *bios_linker_loader_init(void);
 
diff --git a/include/qemu/bitmap.h b/include/qemu/bitmap.h
index 0e33fa5..ec5146f 100644
--- a/include/qemu/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/qemu/bitmap.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #ifndef BITMAP_H
 #define BITMAP_H
 
-#include <glib.h>
 
 #include "qemu/bitops.h"
 
diff --git a/include/qemu/rcu.h b/include/qemu/rcu.h
index 56d3a68..83ae280 100644
--- a/include/qemu/rcu.h
+++ b/include/qemu/rcu.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
  * IBM's contributions to this file may be relicensed under LGPLv2 or later.
  */
 
-#include <glib.h>
 
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
diff --git a/include/qom/object.h b/include/qom/object.h
index 21bb5ff..99de539 100644
--- a/include/qom/object.h
+++ b/include/qom/object.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_OBJECT_H
 #define QEMU_OBJECT_H
 
-#include <glib.h>
 #include "qapi-types.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
 
diff --git a/include/sysemu/tpm_backend_int.h b/include/sysemu/tpm_backend_int.h
index 40f693a..cc0dcb3 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/tpm_backend_int.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/tpm_backend_int.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #ifndef TPM_TPM_BACKEND_H
 #define TPM_TPM_BACKEND_H
 
-#include <glib.h>
 
 typedef struct TPMBackendThread {
     GThreadPool *pool;
diff --git a/memory_mapping.c b/memory_mapping.c
index 2354b2b..e3e0d95 100644
--- a/memory_mapping.c
+++ b/memory_mapping.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
-#include <glib.h>
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
diff --git a/migration/postcopy-ram.c b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
index fbd0064..2e807c6 100644
--- a/migration/postcopy-ram.c
+++ b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include <glib.h>
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
diff --git a/page_cache.c b/page_cache.c
index 37a66e4..a2809db 100644
--- a/page_cache.c
+++ b/page_cache.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include <glib.h>
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/host-utils.h"
diff --git a/qapi/qmp-registry.c b/qapi/qmp-registry.c
index 4332a68..68b24c9 100644
--- a/qapi/qmp-registry.c
+++ b/qapi/qmp-registry.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include <glib.h>
 #include "qapi/qmp/dispatch.h"
 
 static QTAILQ_HEAD(QmpCommandList, QmpCommand) qmp_commands =
diff --git a/qemu-bridge-helper.c b/qemu-bridge-helper.c
index 830fb9e..5396fbf 100644
--- a/qemu-bridge-helper.c
+++ b/qemu-bridge-helper.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 
-#include <glib.h>
 
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
diff --git a/slirp/dnssearch.c b/slirp/dnssearch.c
index aed2f13..4c70a64 100644
--- a/slirp/dnssearch.c
+++ b/slirp/dnssearch.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include <glib.h>
 #include "slirp.h"
 
 static const uint8_t RFC3397_OPT_DOMAIN_SEARCH = 119;
diff --git a/slirp/slirp.h b/slirp/slirp.h
index 5df755e..e3641f9 100644
--- a/slirp/slirp.h
+++ b/slirp/slirp.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ typedef char *caddr_t;
 #include <sys/stropts.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <glib.h>
 
 #include "debug.h"
 
diff --git a/ui/sdl_zoom.c b/ui/sdl_zoom.c
index 72622c2..b96196b 100644
--- a/ui/sdl_zoom.c
+++ b/ui/sdl_zoom.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "sdl_zoom.h"
-#include <glib.h>
 
 static void sdl_zoom_rgb16(SDL_Surface *src, SDL_Surface *dst, int smooth,
                            SDL_Rect *dst_rect);
diff --git a/ui/vnc-palette.c b/ui/vnc-palette.c
index 3b89d1a..dc7c0ba 100644
--- a/ui/vnc-palette.c
+++ b/ui/vnc-palette.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "vnc-palette.h"
-#include <glib.h>
 
 static VncPaletteEntry *palette_find(const VncPalette *palette,
                                      uint32_t color, unsigned int hash)
diff --git a/util/coroutine-gthread.c b/util/coroutine-gthread.c
index fb697eb..62bfb40 100644
--- a/util/coroutine-gthread.c
+++ b/util/coroutine-gthread.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include <glib.h>
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/coroutine_int.h"
 
diff --git a/util/hbitmap.c b/util/hbitmap.c
index b22b87d..7121b11 100644
--- a/util/hbitmap.c
+++ b/util/hbitmap.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include <glib.h>
 #include "qemu/hbitmap.h"
 #include "qemu/host-utils.h"
 #include "trace.h"
diff --git a/util/memfd.c b/util/memfd.c
index 7c40691..b374238a 100644
--- a/util/memfd.c
+++ b/util/memfd.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 
-#include <glib.h>
 #include <glib/gprintf.h>
 
 #include <sys/mman.h>
diff --git a/util/oslib-win32.c b/util/oslib-win32.c
index c926db4..6debc2b 100644
--- a/util/oslib-win32.c
+++ b/util/oslib-win32.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
  */
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include <windows.h>
-#include <glib.h>
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
diff --git a/util/uri.c b/util/uri.c
index d109d6c..70a9cbc 100644
--- a/util/uri.c
+++ b/util/uri.c
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include <glib.h>
 
 #include "qemu/uri.h"
 
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 18d1423..fe215cf 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #define main qemu_main
 #endif /* CONFIG_COCOA */
 
-#include <glib.h>
 
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
