diff --git a/include/wx/gtk/private.h b/include/wx/gtk/private.h
index 1e1d07f15a..1ca5e884d9 100644
--- a/include/wx/gtk/private.h
+++ b/include/wx/gtk/private.h
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
 
 #include "wx/gtk/private/string.h"
-#include "wx/gtk/dc.h"
-#include "wx/gtk/dcclient.h"
-#include "wx/gtk/dcmemory.h"
 
 // pango_version_check symbol is quite recent ATM (4/2007)... so we
 // use our own wrapper which implements a smart trick.
diff --git a/src/gtk/dc.cpp b/src/gtk/dc.cpp
index 0b26d59db9..5d182e84d4 100644
--- a/src/gtk/dc.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/dc.cpp
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 // For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx.h".
 #include "wx/wxprec.h"
 
-#include "wx/dc.h"
-#include "wx/gtk/private.h"
+#include "wx/gtk/dc.h"
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxGTKDCImpl