diff --git a/cpp/include/rapidsmpf/bootstrap/slurm_backend.hpp b/cpp/include/rapidsmpf/bootstrap/slurm_backend.hpp
index a38f05083..ebeec10c6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/rapidsmpf/bootstrap/slurm_backend.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/rapidsmpf/bootstrap/slurm_backend.hpp
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <rapidsmpf/config.hpp>
-
 #ifdef RAPIDSMPF_HAVE_SLURM
 
 #include <array>
diff --git a/cpp/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.cpp b/cpp/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.cpp
index e31de52bf..c58bafacc 100644
--- a/cpp/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <rapidsmpf/bootstrap/file_backend.hpp>
 #include <rapidsmpf/bootstrap/socket_backend.hpp>
 #include <rapidsmpf/bootstrap/utils.hpp>
-#include <rapidsmpf/config.hpp>
 
 #ifdef RAPIDSMPF_HAVE_SLURM
 #include <rapidsmpf/bootstrap/slurm_backend.hpp>
diff --git a/cpp/src/bootstrap/file_backend.cpp b/cpp/src/bootstrap/file_backend.cpp
index 67d9ca2c2..f952313ce 100644
--- a/cpp/src/bootstrap/file_backend.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/bootstrap/file_backend.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 #include <rapidsmpf/bootstrap/file_backend.hpp>
 #include <rapidsmpf/bootstrap/utils.hpp>
-#include <rapidsmpf/error.hpp>
 
 // NOTE: Do not use RAPIDSMPF_EXPECTS or RAPIDSMPF_FAIL in this file.
 // Using these macros introduces a CUDA dependency via rapidsmpf/error.hpp.