diff --git a/xbob/io/externals.cpp b/xbob/io/externals.cpp
index b9381c9e7eb2acd2ddc91957600f1479917c857a..3cdbe4807d4b2be67b9dab12ee2524179be364be 100644
--- a/xbob/io/externals.cpp
+++ b/xbob/io/externals.cpp
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #  include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
 #  include <libavutil/avutil.h>
 #  include <libswscale/swscale.h>
-#  include <libavutil/opt.h>
-#  include <libavutil/pixdesc.h>
 #  if !HAVE_FFMPEG_AVCODEC_AVCODECID
 #    define AVCodecID CodecID
 #  endif