diff --git a/samples/mic/mpssd/mpssd.h b/samples/mic/mpssd/mpssd.h
index 8bd64944aacc..82d3b519f0e7 100644
--- a/samples/mic/mpssd/mpssd.h
+++ b/samples/mic/mpssd/mpssd.h
@@ -37,21 +37,18 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <net/if.h>
 #include <linux/if_tun.h>
-#include <linux/if_tun.h>
 #include <linux/virtio_ids.h>
 
 #define MICSYSFSDIR "/sys/class/mic"