diff --git a/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_mnesia.erl b/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_mnesia.erl
index f4d7b93d1..bc5bc098e 100644
--- a/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_mnesia.erl
+++ b/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_mnesia.erl
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 
 -include("emqttd.hrl").
 
--include("emqttd_topic.hrl").
-
 -export([start/0, cluster/1]).
 
 start() ->
diff --git a/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_pubsub.erl b/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_pubsub.erl
index 5cfd0d2ff..3b62d1413 100644
--- a/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_pubsub.erl
+++ b/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_pubsub.erl
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 
 -include("emqttd.hrl").
 
--include("emqttd_topic.hrl").
-
 -include("emqttd_packet.hrl").
 
 -include_lib("stdlib/include/qlc.hrl").
diff --git a/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_retained.erl b/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_retained.erl
index d3f347694..748b051d7 100644
--- a/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_retained.erl
+++ b/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_retained.erl
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 
 -include("emqttd.hrl").
 
--include("emqttd_topic.hrl").
-
 -include("emqttd_packet.hrl").
 
 -define(RETAINED_TABLE, message_retained).
diff --git a/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_topic.erl b/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_topic.erl
index 2f3aa0f2e..6db37dd46 100644
--- a/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_topic.erl
+++ b/apps/emqttd/src/emqttd_topic.erl
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
 -author('feng@emqtt.io').
 
--include("emqttd_topic.hrl").
-
 -import(lists, [reverse/1]).
  
 -export([new/1, new/2, wildcard/1, match/2, validate/1, triples/1, words/1]).