diff --git a/headers/posix/netdb.h b/headers/posix/netdb.h
index 7e1455443f..8efd82f3ba 100644
--- a/headers/posix/netdb.h
+++ b/headers/posix/netdb.h
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#include <pthread.h>
-
 #ifndef _PATH_NETWORKS
 #define	_PATH_NETWORKS	"/etc/networks"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/kits/network/netresolv/irs/getprotoent.c b/src/kits/network/netresolv/irs/getprotoent.c
index 87ad8894f5..6423352852 100644
--- a/src/kits/network/netresolv/irs/getprotoent.c
+++ b/src/kits/network/netresolv/irs/getprotoent.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ __RCSID("$NetBSD: getprotoent.c,v 1.12 2008/04/28 20:23:00 martin Exp $");
 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
 
 #include <netdb.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 #include "protoent.h"