diff --git a/platforms/common/include/px4_platform_common/posix.h b/platforms/common/include/px4_platform_common/posix.h
index 5e7a8c3c70..ac99e676e2 100644
--- a/platforms/common/include/px4_platform_common/posix.h
+++ b/platforms/common/include/px4_platform_common/posix.h
@@ -44,12 +44,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-
-#if defined(__PX4_QURT)
-#include <dspal_types.h>
-#else
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#endif
 
 #include "sem.h"
 
diff --git a/platforms/common/include/px4_platform_common/workqueue.h b/platforms/common/include/px4_platform_common/workqueue.h
index 8b7ee24163..694fa3b8ea 100644
--- a/platforms/common/include/px4_platform_common/workqueue.h
+++ b/platforms/common/include/px4_platform_common/workqueue.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <queue.h>
-#include <px4_platform_types.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 
 __BEGIN_DECLS
 
diff --git a/platforms/posix/include/px4_platform_types.h b/platforms/posix/include/px4_platform_types.h
deleted file mode 100644
index abaf177444..0000000000
--- a/platforms/posix/include/px4_platform_types.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#ifdef __PX4_QURT
-#include <dspal_types.h>
-#endif