diff --git a/lib/system/alloc.nim b/lib/system/alloc.nim
index 4109348fc2..8a29b3bf30 100644
--- a/lib/system/alloc.nim
+++ b/lib/system/alloc.nim
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 {.push profiler:off.}
 
 include osalloc
-import std/private/syslocks
 
 template track(op, address, size) =
   when defined(memTracker):
diff --git a/lib/system/channels_builtin.nim b/lib/system/channels_builtin.nim
index 1cc9443778..2123707301 100644
--- a/lib/system/channels_builtin.nim
+++ b/lib/system/channels_builtin.nim
@@ -143,8 +143,6 @@
 when not declared(ThisIsSystem):
   {.error: "You must not import this module explicitly".}
 
-import std/private/syslocks
-
 type
   pbytes = ptr UncheckedArray[byte]
   RawChannel {.pure, final.} = object ## msg queue for a thread