diff --git a/src/lib/banner.c b/src/lib/banner.c
index 8047009d1..c6366a8a9 100644
--- a/src/lib/banner.c
+++ b/src/lib/banner.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "internal.h"
+#include <curses.h>
 #ifdef USE_DEFLATE
 #include <libdeflate.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lib/internal.h b/src/lib/internal.h
index a62febde8..2adb965c4 100644
--- a/src/lib/internal.h
+++ b/src/lib/internal.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ extern "C" {
 // KEY_EVENT is defined by both ncurses.h (prior to 6.3) and wincon.h. since we
 // don't use either definition, kill it before inclusion of ncurses.h.
 #undef KEY_EVENT
-#include <ncurses.h> // needed for some definitions, see terminfo(3ncurses)
 #include <term.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <term.h>
diff --git a/src/lib/termdesc.c b/src/lib/termdesc.c
index 3f2b4bb84..d30302065 100644
--- a/src/lib/termdesc.c
+++ b/src/lib/termdesc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <curses.h>
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #endif