diff --git a/backends/libyahoo2/yahoohandler.h b/backends/libyahoo2/yahoohandler.h
index 94a07eb5..d33828e9 100644
--- a/backends/libyahoo2/yahoohandler.h
+++ b/backends/libyahoo2/yahoohandler.h
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
 #include "Swiften/Swiften.h"
 #include "Swiften/TLS/OpenSSL/OpenSSLContextFactory.h"
 
-// for signal handler
-#include "unistd.h"
-#include "signal.h"
-#include "sys/wait.h"
-#include "sys/signal.h"
-
 // Boost
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 
diff --git a/backends/libyahoo2/yahoolocalaccount.h b/backends/libyahoo2/yahoolocalaccount.h
index 19eb42c8..105e9311 100644
--- a/backends/libyahoo2/yahoolocalaccount.h
+++ b/backends/libyahoo2/yahoolocalaccount.h
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
 #include "Swiften/Swiften.h"
 #include "Swiften/TLS/OpenSSL/OpenSSLContextFactory.h"
 
-// for signal handler
-#include "unistd.h"
-#include "signal.h"
-#include "sys/wait.h"
-#include "sys/signal.h"
-
 // Boost
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>