diff --git a/src/core/qgslayerdefinition.cpp b/src/core/qgslayerdefinition.cpp
index e9f2f74ec5f..5d7bd48d0a7 100644
--- a/src/core/qgslayerdefinition.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgslayerdefinition.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
  *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
-#include <QDomNode>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QDir>
diff --git a/src/core/qgslayerdefinition.h b/src/core/qgslayerdefinition.h
index 53d95c12789..2269739931d 100644
--- a/src/core/qgslayerdefinition.h
+++ b/src/core/qgslayerdefinition.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
 #include <QString>
 #include <QVector>
+#include <QDomNode>
 
-class QDomNode;
 class QDomDocument;
 
 class QgsLayerTreeGroup;