diff --git a/src/devices/nm-device.c b/src/devices/nm-device.c
index 941f9ade84..c424aa3194 100644
--- a/src/devices/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/devices/nm-device.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <netlink/route/addr.h>
 #include <linux/if_addr.h>
 
 #include "nm-common-macros.h"
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index 9a22f02910..89a8db22de 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -36,12 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/if_tun.h>
 #include <linux/if_tunnel.h>
 #include <netlink/netlink.h>
-#include <netlink/object.h>
-#include <netlink/cache.h>
-#include <netlink/route/link.h>
-#include <netlink/route/link/vlan.h>
-#include <netlink/route/addr.h>
-#include <netlink/route/route.h>
+#include <netlink/msg.h>
 #include <gudev/gudev.h>
 
 #include "nm-utils.h"
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
index 342736cf0f..01bdcf3e4a 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <netlink/route/addr.h>
-#include <netlink/route/rtnl.h>
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <linux/if_tun.h>
 #include <linux/if_tunnel.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 
 #include "nm-utils.h"
 #include "nm-core-internal.h"
diff --git a/src/platform/nmp-object.c b/src/platform/nmp-object.c
index 0bcbe2afcf..48cec7bf74 100644
--- a/src/platform/nmp-object.c
+++ b/src/platform/nmp-object.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "nmp-object.h"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 
 #include "nm-utils.h"
 
diff --git a/src/platform/nmp-object.h b/src/platform/nmp-object.h
index d295f7a078..b6d6709c4e 100644
--- a/src/platform/nmp-object.h
+++ b/src/platform/nmp-object.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #ifndef __NMP_OBJECT_H__
 #define __NMP_OBJECT_H__
 
-#include <netlink/netlink.h>
 #include <gudev/gudev.h>
 
 #include "nm-platform.h"