diff --git a/vta/src/runtime.cc b/vta/src/runtime.cc
index 4a6552892f4e..0ad53dc8da6e 100644
--- a/vta/src/runtime.cc
+++ b/vta/src/runtime.cc
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <vector>
-#include <thread>
 #include <memory>
-#include <atomic>
 
 namespace vta {