diff --git a/src/util/strencodings.h b/src/util/strencodings.h
index 01063858047..fe0e2554c6f 100644
--- a/src/util/strencodings.h
+++ b/src/util/strencodings.h
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <limits>
 #include <optional>
-#include <string>      // IWYU pragma: export
-#include <string_view> // IWYU pragma: export
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <system_error>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <vector>
diff --git a/src/util/string.h b/src/util/string.h
index 330c2a2a61e..2578e530af5 100644
--- a/src/util/string.h
+++ b/src/util/string.h
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 #include <cstring>
 #include <locale>
 #include <sstream>
-#include <string>      // IWYU pragma: export
-#include <string_view> // IWYU pragma: export
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace util {