diff --git a/libs/evoral/evoral/Event.hpp b/libs/evoral/evoral/Event.hpp
index 059b64225b..1682028335 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/evoral/Event.hpp
+++ b/libs/evoral/evoral/Event.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #ifndef EVORAL_EVENT_HPP
 #define EVORAL_EVENT_HPP
 
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <sstream>
diff --git a/libs/evoral/evoral/SMF.hpp b/libs/evoral/evoral/SMF.hpp
index b851cf6b64..9d43426a8f 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/evoral/SMF.hpp
+++ b/libs/evoral/evoral/SMF.hpp
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #ifndef EVORAL_SMF_HPP
 #define EVORAL_SMF_HPP
 
-#include <cassert>
-
 #include <glibmm/threads.h>
 
 #include "evoral/visibility.h"