diff --git a/C/atomic.c b/C/atomic.c
index 44d28e08e..274190fde 100644
--- a/C/atomic.c
+++ b/C/atomic.c
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ The following predicates are used to manipulate atoms:
 #include "YapHeap.h"
 #include "eval.h"
 #include "yapio.h"
-#include "pl-shared.h"
-#include "pl-utf8.h"
 #include "YapText.h"
 #ifdef TABLING
 #include "tab.macros.h"