diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card.c b/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card.c
index 76a9f1e8cdd5..83e3ba773fbd 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/gpio.h>
 #include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card2.c b/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card2.c
index f880a7f73522..9c94677f681a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card2.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card2.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 // based on ${LINUX}/sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card.c
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/gpio.h>
 #include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
index 9006ef5e95f5..81077d16d22f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-utils.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2016 Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com>
 
 #include <linux/clk.h>
-#include <linux/gpio.h>
 #include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>