diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 186c049c..d3e18ca3 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ local-checks-to-skip = \
     \
     sc_program_name \
     sc_bindtextdomain	 \
-    sc_prohibit_dirent_without_use \
     sc_prohibit_empty_lines_at_EOF \
     sc_prohibit_magic_number_exit \
     sc_prohibit_path_max_allocation \
diff --git a/src/libotutil/ot-unix-utils.c b/src/libotutil/ot-unix-utils.c
index daa3f004..2cc375ae 100644
--- a/src/libotutil/ot-unix-utils.c
+++ b/src/libotutil/ot-unix-utils.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
 
 gboolean
 ot_util_filename_validate (const char *name,
diff --git a/src/switchroot/ostree-prepare-root.c b/src/switchroot/ostree-prepare-root.c
index f49f2592..a7338464 100644
--- a/src/switchroot/ostree-prepare-root.c
+++ b/src/switchroot/ostree-prepare-root.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
 
 #include "ostree-mount-util.h"