diff --git a/lib/vssh/libssh.c b/lib/vssh/libssh.c
index 120e8f8d51..dcf26fe409 100644
--- a/lib/vssh/libssh.c
+++ b/lib/vssh/libssh.c
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@
 
 #include <limits.h>
 
-/* in 0.10.0 or later, ignore deprecated warnings */
-#define SSH_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED
-#include <libssh/libssh.h>
-#include <libssh/sftp.h>
-
 #ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IN_H
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/vssh/libssh2.c b/lib/vssh/libssh2.c
index abf987bf5f..b9b64555ad 100644
--- a/lib/vssh/libssh2.c
+++ b/lib/vssh/libssh2.c
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
 
 #include <limits.h>
 
-#include <libssh2.h>
-#include <libssh2_sftp.h>
-
 #ifdef HAVE_FCNTL_H
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/vssh/ssh.h b/lib/vssh/ssh.h
index 64ef332988..2ed78649b9 100644
--- a/lib/vssh/ssh.h
+++ b/lib/vssh/ssh.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include <libssh2.h>
 #include <libssh2_sftp.h>
 #elif defined(USE_LIBSSH)
+/* in 0.10.0 or later, ignore deprecated warnings */
+#define SSH_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED
 #include <libssh/libssh.h>
 #include <libssh/sftp.h>
 #elif defined(USE_WOLFSSH)
diff --git a/lib/vssh/wolfssh.c b/lib/vssh/wolfssh.c
index 9f723964d8..fab65d0db4 100644
--- a/lib/vssh/wolfssh.c
+++ b/lib/vssh/wolfssh.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <limits.h>
 
-#include <wolfssh/ssh.h>
-#include <wolfssh/wolfsftp.h>
 #include "urldata.h"
 #include "cfilters.h"
 #include "connect.h"