diff --git a/src/ccmain/reject.cpp b/src/ccmain/reject.cpp
index 45cd0262..136a1ce3 100644
--- a/src/ccmain/reject.cpp
+++ b/src/ccmain/reject.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
  **********************************************************************/
 
 #include "tessvars.h"
-#include "scanutils.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <cstring>
diff --git a/src/ccutil/params.cpp b/src/ccutil/params.cpp
index 3a8c8187..c3b88ceb 100644
--- a/src/ccutil/params.cpp
+++ b/src/ccutil/params.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "genericvector.h"
-#include "scanutils.h"
 #include "tprintf.h"
 #include "params.h"
 
diff --git a/src/classify/clusttool.cpp b/src/classify/clusttool.cpp
index 093a5c6f..fa2d75a8 100644
--- a/src/classify/clusttool.cpp
+++ b/src/classify/clusttool.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "const.h"
 #include "danerror.h"
 #include "emalloc.h"
-#include "scanutils.h"
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cmath>
 
diff --git a/src/classify/cutoffs.cpp b/src/classify/cutoffs.cpp
index 359241c5..b10c65f9 100644
--- a/src/classify/cutoffs.cpp
+++ b/src/classify/cutoffs.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "efio.h"
 #include "globals.h"
 #include "helpers.h"
-#include "scanutils.h"
 #include "serialis.h"
 #include "unichar.h"
 
diff --git a/src/classify/normmatch.cpp b/src/classify/normmatch.cpp
index 0e60ee37..84a4b937 100644
--- a/src/classify/normmatch.cpp
+++ b/src/classify/normmatch.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "globals.h"
 #include "helpers.h"
 #include "normfeat.h"
-#include "scanutils.h"
 #include "unicharset.h"
 #include "params.h"
 
diff --git a/src/classify/protos.cpp b/src/classify/protos.cpp
index e5896295..cd51485c 100644
--- a/src/classify/protos.cpp
+++ b/src/classify/protos.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "emalloc.h"
 #include "callcpp.h"
 #include "tprintf.h"
-#include "scanutils.h"
 #include "globals.h"
 #include "classify.h"
 #include "params.h"
diff --git a/src/dict/stopper.cpp b/src/dict/stopper.cpp
index ea557218..42ca94b0 100644
--- a/src/dict/stopper.cpp
+++ b/src/dict/stopper.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "pageres.h"
 #include "params.h"
 #include "ratngs.h"
-#include "scanutils.h"
 #include "unichar.h"
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------