diff --git a/replica/compaction_group.hh b/replica/compaction_group.hh
index 5970fac7d9b7..d9890829b8e0 100644
--- a/replica/compaction_group.hh
+++ b/replica/compaction_group.hh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 #include <seastar/core/condition-variable.hh>
 #include <seastar/core/gate.hh>
-#include <seastar/core/rwlock.hh>
 
 #include "database_fwd.hh"
 #include "compaction/compaction_descriptor.hh"
diff --git a/replica/distributed_loader.hh b/replica/distributed_loader.hh
index 3a4559ac4df2..4f2021eeae54 100644
--- a/replica/distributed_loader.hh
+++ b/replica/distributed_loader.hh
@@ -9,14 +9,10 @@
 #pragma once
 
 
-#include <seastar/core/future.hh>
 #include <seastar/core/distributed.hh>
 #include <seastar/core/sstring.hh>
-#include <seastar/core/file.hh>
-#include <seastar/util/bool_class.hh>
 #include <vector>
 #include <functional>
-#include <filesystem>
 #include "seastarx.hh"
 #include "compaction/compaction_descriptor.hh"
 #include "db/system_keyspace.hh"
diff --git a/replica/exceptions.hh b/replica/exceptions.hh
index 09302616805e..b843074fb5b8 100644
--- a/replica/exceptions.hh
+++ b/replica/exceptions.hh
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <seastar/core/abort_source.hh>
 #include <seastar/core/format.hh>
 #include <seastar/core/sstring.hh>
-#include <seastar/core/timed_out_error.hh>
 
 namespace replica {
 
diff --git a/replica/tablets.hh b/replica/tablets.hh
index 8e6bc6bd65ad..2b4ee1063b8a 100644
--- a/replica/tablets.hh
+++ b/replica/tablets.hh
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "types/types.hh"
-#include "types/tuple.hh"
-#include "types/list.hh"
 #include "timestamp.hh"
 #include "locator/tablets.hh"
 #include "schema/schema_fwd.hh"