diff --git a/common/flatpak-ref.c b/common/flatpak-ref.c
index 1c7fda7b..7f770bdd 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-ref.c
+++ b/common/flatpak-ref.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "flatpak-utils-private.h"
 #include "flatpak-ref.h"
+#include "flatpak-ref-utils-private.h"
 #include "flatpak-enum-types.h"
 
 /**
diff --git a/common/flatpak-run-private.h b/common/flatpak-run-private.h
index 286019b3..40899e29 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-run-private.h
+++ b/common/flatpak-run-private.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "flatpak-context-private.h"
 #include "flatpak-bwrap-private.h"
 #include "flatpak-metadata-private.h"
+#include "flatpak-ref-utils-private.h"
 #include "flatpak-utils-private.h"
 #include "flatpak-exports-private.h"
 
diff --git a/common/flatpak-utils-private.h b/common/flatpak-utils-private.h
index 6c94cc7e..b029cc59 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-utils-private.h
+++ b/common/flatpak-utils-private.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <gio/gunixfdlist.h>
 #include "flatpak-error.h"
 #include "flatpak-glib-backports-private.h"
-#include "flatpak-ref-utils-private.h"
 #include "flatpak-variant-private.h"
 
 #define AUTOFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x0187