diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks-inl.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks-inl.h
index a6e141bb..37a2f5f2 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks-inl.h
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 #include "spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks.h"
 #endif
 
+#include "spdlog/details/console_globals.h"
+#include <memory>
+
 namespace spdlog {
 
 namespace sinks {
diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks.h
index 48d6dc59..daec0228 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks.h
@@ -4,13 +4,8 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "spdlog/details/console_globals.h"
-#include "spdlog/details/null_mutex.h"
-#include "spdlog/details/pattern_formatter.h"
 #include "spdlog/details/synchronous_factory.h"
-
 #include <cstdio>
-#include <memory>
-#include <mutex>
 
 namespace spdlog {