diff --git a/frontend/frontend.c b/frontend/frontend.c
index cfd38048d8..f712fe643f 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend.c
+++ b/frontend/frontend.c
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 #include "frontend.h"
 #include "../general.h"
-#include "../conf/config_file.h"
-#include "../file.h"
 #include "../performance.h"
 
 #include "frontend_context.h"
@@ -28,8 +26,6 @@
 #include "menu/menu_common.h"
 #endif
 
-#include "../file_ext.h"
-
 #if defined(RARCH_CONSOLE) || defined(RARCH_MOBILE)
 #include "../config.def.h"
 #endif