diff --git a/include/wx/config.h b/include/wx/config.h
index a6efb04e33..c455319b79 100644
--- a/include/wx/config.h
+++ b/include/wx/config.h
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@
 #ifndef _WX_CONFIG_H_BASE_
 #define _WX_CONFIG_H_BASE_
 
-#include "wx/defs.h"
+#include "wx/confbase.h"
 
 #if wxUSE_CONFIG
 
-#include "wx/confbase.h"
-
 #if defined(__WXMSW__) && wxUSE_CONFIG_NATIVE
 #    ifdef __WIN32__
 #        include "wx/msw/regconf.h"