diff --git a/include/matador/utils/attribute_reader.hpp b/include/matador/utils/attribute_reader.hpp
index 7d69f32..02fa451 100644
--- a/include/matador/utils/attribute_reader.hpp
+++ b/include/matador/utils/attribute_reader.hpp
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 #include "matador/utils/types.hpp"
 
-#include <cstdlib>
 #include <string>
 
 namespace matador {
diff --git a/include/matador/utils/convert.hpp b/include/matador/utils/convert.hpp
index dd62ddf..aad4647 100644
--- a/include/matador/utils/convert.hpp
+++ b/include/matador/utils/convert.hpp
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 
 #include <array>
 #include <charconv>
-#include <cstring>
-#include <limits>
-#include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 #include <type_traits>
 
diff --git a/include/matador/utils/error.hpp b/include/matador/utils/error.hpp
index 6bb549b..95fbe54 100644
--- a/include/matador/utils/error.hpp
+++ b/include/matador/utils/error.hpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <optional>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <ostream>
-#include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace matador::utils {
diff --git a/include/matador/utils/field_attributes.hpp b/include/matador/utils/field_attributes.hpp
index 678e071..6fe6a1d 100644
--- a/include/matador/utils/field_attributes.hpp
+++ b/include/matador/utils/field_attributes.hpp
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 #include "matador/utils/constraints.hpp"
 
-#include <cstddef>
-
 namespace matador::utils {
 
 /**