diff --git a/archive-tar.c b/archive-tar.c
index f9eb726116..13029619e5 100644
--- a/archive-tar.c
+++ b/archive-tar.c
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 Rene Scharfe
  */
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "commit.h"
 #include "tar.h"
-#include "builtin.h"
 #include "archive.h"
 
 #define RECORDSIZE	(512)
diff --git a/archive-zip.c b/archive-zip.c
index fb12398b0f..cf285044e3 100644
--- a/archive-zip.c
+++ b/archive-zip.c
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2006 Rene Scharfe
  */
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "commit.h"
-#include "blob.h"
-#include "tree.h"
-#include "quote.h"
-#include "builtin.h"
 #include "archive.h"
 
 static int zip_date;
diff --git a/builtin-archive.c b/builtin-archive.c
index cff6ce7de3..df97724696 100644
--- a/builtin-archive.c
+++ b/builtin-archive.c
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
 #include "archive.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "sideband.h"
-#include "attr.h"
 
 static const char archive_usage[] = \
 "git archive --format=<fmt> [--prefix=<prefix>/] [--verbose] [<extra>] <tree-ish> [path...]";