diff --git a/tests/libtest/testtrace.c b/tests/libtest/testtrace.c
index 7e287cd885..9e0fd470cc 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/testtrace.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/testtrace.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
  ***************************************************************************/
 #include "testtrace.h"
 
-#include "memdebug.h"
-
 struct libtest_trace_cfg libtest_debug_config;
 
 static time_t epoch_offset; /* for test time tracing */
diff --git a/tests/libtest/testutil.c b/tests/libtest/testutil.c
index 269479c3ce..8d1a1b13de 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/testutil.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/testutil.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
  ***************************************************************************/
 #include "testutil.h"
 
-#include "memdebug.h"
-
 /* build request url */
 char *tutil_suburl(const char *base, int i)
 {