diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 LIBUNIVALUE = $(UNIVALUE_LIBS)
 endif
 
-BITCOIN_INCLUDES=-I$(builddir) -I$(builddir)/obj $(BDB_CPPFLAGS) $(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) $(LEVELDB_CPPFLAGS) $(CRYPTO_CFLAGS) $(SSL_CFLAGS)
+BITCOIN_INCLUDES=-I$(builddir) $(BDB_CPPFLAGS) $(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) $(LEVELDB_CPPFLAGS) $(CRYPTO_CFLAGS) $(SSL_CFLAGS)
 
 BITCOIN_INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir)/secp256k1/include
 BITCOIN_INCLUDES += $(UNIVALUE_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.qt.include b/src/Makefile.qt.include
--- a/src/Makefile.qt.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.qt.include
@@ -359,8 +359,7 @@
 
 BITCOIN_RC = qt/res/bitcoin-qt-res.rc
 
-BITCOIN_QT_INCLUDES = -I$(builddir)/qt -I$(srcdir)/qt -I$(srcdir)/qt/forms \
-  -I$(builddir)/qt/forms -DQT_NO_KEYWORDS
+BITCOIN_QT_INCLUDES = -DQT_NO_KEYWORDS
 
 qt_libbitcoinqt_a_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(BITCOIN_INCLUDES) $(BITCOIN_QT_INCLUDES) \
   $(QT_INCLUDES) $(QT_DBUS_INCLUDES) $(PROTOBUF_CFLAGS) $(QR_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.test.include b/src/Makefile.test.include
--- a/src/Makefile.test.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.test.include
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 endif
 
 test_test_bitcoin_SOURCES = $(BITCOIN_TESTS) $(JSON_TEST_FILES) $(RAW_TEST_FILES)
-test_test_bitcoin_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(BITCOIN_INCLUDES) -I$(builddir)/test/ $(TESTDEFS) $(EVENT_CFLAGS)
+test_test_bitcoin_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(BITCOIN_INCLUDES) $(TESTDEFS) $(EVENT_CFLAGS)
 test_test_bitcoin_LDADD =
 if ENABLE_WALLET
 test_test_bitcoin_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_WALLET)
diff --git a/src/bench/CMakeLists.txt b/src/bench/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/bench/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/bench/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 project(bitcoin-bench)
 
-include_directories(.)
-
 add_executable(bitcoin-bench
 	EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
 	base58.cpp
diff --git a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -164,14 +164,6 @@
 	target_sources(bitcoin-qt-base PRIVATE winshutdownmonitor.cpp)
 endif()
 
-target_include_directories(bitcoin-qt-base
-	PUBLIC
-		.
-		${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-		${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/forms
-		${Protobuf_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-)
-
 target_link_libraries(bitcoin-qt-base
 	server
 	rpcclient
diff --git a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -143,12 +143,6 @@
 	${JSON_HEADERS}
 )
 
-target_include_directories(test_bitcoin
-	PUBLIC
-		# To access the generated json headers.
-		${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-)
-
 find_package(Boost 1.58 REQUIRED unit_test_framework)
 
 target_link_libraries(test_bitcoin Boost::unit_test_framework rpcclient server)