diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiFontMetrics.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiFontMetrics.cpp
index 19359dc008..a64e21184e 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiFontMetrics.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiFontMetrics.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 #include "Language.h"
 #include "Dimension.h"
 
-#include "support/unicode.h"
-
 #include <boost/assert.hpp>
 
 using namespace std;
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPainter.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPainter.cpp
index 25ee10d93a..f104abc584 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPainter.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPainter.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 #include "Language.h"
 #include "LyXRC.h"
 
-#include "support/unicode.h"
-
 #include <QPixmapCache>
 #include <QTextLayout>