diff --git a/src/h5cpp/core/types.hpp b/src/h5cpp/core/types.hpp
index b7d61a0622..3a065543a3 100644
--- a/src/h5cpp/core/types.hpp
+++ b/src/h5cpp/core/types.hpp
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@
 
 #include <h5cpp/core/hdf5_capi.hpp>
 #include <vector>
-#include <sstream>
-#include <cstring>
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <iterator>
 
 namespace hdf5 {
 
diff --git a/src/h5cpp/core/variable_length_string.hpp b/src/h5cpp/core/variable_length_string.hpp
index 632e522293..76a6ee10d6 100644
--- a/src/h5cpp/core/variable_length_string.hpp
+++ b/src/h5cpp/core/variable_length_string.hpp
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <vector>
-#include <string>
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <cstring>
 
 namespace hdf5 {
 
diff --git a/src/h5cpp/dataspace/hyperslab.hpp b/src/h5cpp/dataspace/hyperslab.hpp
index e247edf30a..61d6b243f0 100644
--- a/src/h5cpp/dataspace/hyperslab.hpp
+++ b/src/h5cpp/dataspace/hyperslab.hpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <h5cpp/core/windows.hpp>
 #include <memory>
 #include <list>
+#include <sstream>
 
 namespace hdf5 {
 namespace dataspace {