diff --git a/daemons/based/based_operation.c b/daemons/based/based_operation.c
index 78a79c77f3..32111e7d90 100644
--- a/daemons/based/based_operation.c
+++ b/daemons/based/based_operation.c
@@ -1,82 +1,66 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2008-2023 the Pacemaker project contributors
  *
  * The version control history for this file may have further details.
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
  * or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 
 #include <crm_internal.h>
 
-#include <sys/param.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-
 #include <glib.h>
-#include <libxml/tree.h>
 
 #include <crm/crm.h>
 #include <crm/cib.h>
-#include <crm/msg_xml.h>
-#include <crm/common/ipc.h>
-#include <crm/cluster.h>
-
-#include <crm/common/xml.h>
-
 #include <pacemaker-based.h>
 
 static const cib__op_fn_t cib_op_functions[] = {
     [cib__op_abs_delete]  = cib_process_delete_absolute,
     [cib__op_apply_patch] = cib_server_process_diff,
     [cib__op_bump]        = cib_process_bump,
     [cib__op_create]      = cib_process_create,
     [cib__op_delete]      = cib_process_delete,
     [cib__op_erase]       = cib_process_erase,
     [cib__op_is_primary]  = cib_process_readwrite,
     [cib__op_modify]      = cib_process_modify,
     [cib__op_noop]        = cib_process_noop,
     [cib__op_ping]        = cib_process_ping,
     [cib__op_primary]     = cib_process_readwrite,
     [cib__op_query]       = cib_process_query,
     [cib__op_replace]     = cib_process_replace_svr,
     [cib__op_secondary]   = cib_process_readwrite,
     [cib__op_shutdown]    = cib_process_shutdown_req,
     [cib__op_sync_all]    = cib_process_sync,
     [cib__op_sync_one]    = cib_process_sync_one,
     [cib__op_upgrade]     = cib_process_upgrade_server,
 
     /* PCMK__CIB_REQUEST_*_TRANSACT requests must be processed locally because
      * they depend on the client table. Requests that manage transactions on
      * other nodes would likely be problematic in many other ways as well.
      */
     [cib__op_init_transact]    = cib_process_init_transaction,
     [cib__op_commit_transact]  = cib_process_commit_transaction,
     [cib__op_discard_transact] = cib_process_discard_transaction,
 };
 
 /*!
  * \internal
  * \brief Get the function that performs a given server-side CIB operation
  *
  * \param[in] operation  Operation whose function to look up
  *
  * \return Function that performs \p operation within \c pacemaker-based
  */
 cib__op_fn_t
 based_get_op_function(const cib_operation_t *operation)
 {
     enum cib__op_type type = operation->type;
 
     CRM_ASSERT(type >= 0);
 
     if (type >= PCMK__NELEM(cib_op_functions)) {
         return NULL;
     }
     return cib_op_functions[type];
 }