diff --git a/include/crm/crm_compat.h b/include/crm/crm_compat.h
index 333bdb6448..c53ebc5400 100644
--- a/include/crm/crm_compat.h
+++ b/include/crm/crm_compat.h
@@ -1,44 +1,42 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2004-2024 the Pacemaker project contributors
  *
  * The version control history for this file may have further details.
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * version 2.1 or later (LGPLv2.1+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 
 #ifndef PCMK__CRM_CRM_COMPAT__H
-#  define PCMK__CRM_CRM_COMPAT__H
+#define PCMK__CRM_CRM_COMPAT__H
 
-#include <strings.h>
-#include <glib.h>
+#include <glib.h>               // GList
 
-#include <crm/common/actions.h>
-#include <crm/common/scores.h>
+#include <crm/common/scores.h>  // PCMK_SCORE_INFINITY
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 /**
  * \file
  * \brief Deprecated Pacemaker utilities
  * \ingroup core
  * \deprecated Do not include this header directly. The utilities in this
  *             header, and the header itself, will be removed in a future
  *             release.
  */
 
 // NOTE: sbd (as of at least 1.5.2) uses this
 //! \deprecated Use PCMK_SCORE_INFINITY instead
 #define CRM_SCORE_INFINITY PCMK_SCORE_INFINITY
 
 // NOTE: sbd (as of at least 1.5.2) uses this
 //! \deprecated Use GList * instead
 typedef GList *GListPtr;
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 #endif // PCMK__CRM_CRM_COMPAT__H