diff --git a/compiler/code-gen/code-gen-task.cpp b/compiler/code-gen/code-gen-task.cpp
index d635405895..a89415686b 100644
--- a/compiler/code-gen/code-gen-task.cpp
+++ b/compiler/code-gen/code-gen-task.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // Distributed under the GPL v3 License, see LICENSE.notice.txt
 
 #include "compiler/code-gen/code-gen-task.h"
-#include "compiler/code-gen/code-gen-root-cmd.h"
 
 // this os exists to be passed to CodeGenerator constructor,
 // but it won't be used actually, as CodeGenerator is not created in "just calc hashes" mode
diff --git a/compiler/code-gen/code-gen-task.h b/compiler/code-gen/code-gen-task.h
index 2e630ac852..03ff78ef70 100644
--- a/compiler/code-gen/code-gen-task.h
+++ b/compiler/code-gen/code-gen-task.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include "compiler/code-gen/code-gen-root-cmd.h"
 #include "compiler/code-gen/code-generator.h"
 #include "compiler/scheduler/task.h"
 #include "compiler/stage.h"
@@ -11,8 +12,6 @@
 
 ProfilerRaw& get_code_gen_profiler();
 
-struct CodeGenRootCmd;
-
 class CodeGenSchedulerTask : public Task {
   CodeGenerator W;
   DataStream<std::unique_ptr<CodeGenRootCmd>>& os;