diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_rd.c b/drivers/target/target_core_rd.c
index 131327ac7f5b..4ffe5f2ec0e9 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_rd.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_rd.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/parser.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi.h>
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_stat.c b/drivers/target/target_core_stat.c
index 9c642e02cba1..632665c026a8 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_stat.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_stat.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/configfs.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_device.h>
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index e0669ac9278b..71f79f65bdf3 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/in.h>