diff --git a/libavcodec/h264dec.c b/libavcodec/h264dec.c
index ed9a74b0c6..a47caa95e8 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264dec.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/avassert.h"
 #include "libavutil/imgutils.h"
 #include "libavutil/opt.h"
+#include "libavutil/thread.h"
 #include "libavutil/video_enc_params.h"
 
 #include "internal.h"
diff --git a/libavcodec/h264dec.h b/libavcodec/h264dec.h
index 23060145cd..8168c8e97b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264dec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/h264dec.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "libavutil/buffer.h"
 #include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
 #include "libavutil/mem_internal.h"
-#include "libavutil/thread.h"
 
 #include "cabac.h"
 #include "error_resilience.h"
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@
 #include "h264qpel.h"
 #include "h274.h"
 #include "mpegutils.h"
-#include "parser.h"
-#include "qpeldsp.h"
 #include "rectangle.h"
 #include "videodsp.h"