diff --git a/src/output-json-dns.c b/src/output-json-dns.c
index 020e27853a9e..9e10c3ea14b5 100644
--- a/src/output-json-dns.c
+++ b/src/output-json-dns.c
@@ -24,31 +24,17 @@
  */
 
 #include "suricata-common.h"
-#include "detect.h"
-#include "pkt-var.h"
 #include "conf.h"
 
-#include "threads.h"
 #include "threadvars.h"
-#include "tm-threads.h"
-
-#include "util-print.h"
-#include "util-unittest.h"
 
 #include "util-debug.h"
 #include "util-mem.h"
 #include "app-layer-parser.h"
 #include "output.h"
-#include "app-layer.h"
-#include "util-privs.h"
-#include "util-buffer.h"
-#include "util-proto-name.h"
-#include "util-logopenfile.h"
-#include "util-time.h"
 
 #include "output-json.h"
 #include "output-json-dns.h"
-#include "rust.h"
 
 /* we can do query logging as well, but it's disabled for now as the
  * TX id handling doesn't expect it */