diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index 08eec8f1d8..f5dfd093a0 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
-#include "refs.h"
 #include "repository.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
 #include "date.h"