diff --git a/include/haproxy/stats.h b/include/haproxy/stats.h
index bdb9c076c..8c3aa8d8a 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/stats.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/stats.h
@@ -24,11 +24,14 @@
 #define _HAPROXY_STATS_H
 
 #include <haproxy/api.h>
-#include <haproxy/applet-t.h>
 #include <haproxy/stats-t.h>
-#include <haproxy/stream_interface-t.h>
-#include <haproxy/tools-t.h>
 
+struct stream_interface;
+struct channel;
+struct buffer;
+struct proxy;
+struct appctx;
+struct htx;
 
 /* These two structs contains all field names and descriptions according to
  * the the number of entries in "enum stat_field" and "enum info_field"