diff --git a/lix/libstore/globals.hh b/lix/libstore/globals.hh
index 5a7a24aca..1e8f633cf 100644
--- a/lix/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/lix/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 #pragma once
 ///@file
 
-#include "lix/libutil/environment-variables.hh"
+// libstore-settings.gen.inc uses getEnv().
+#include "lix/libutil/environment-variables.hh" // IWYU pragma: keep
 #include "lix/libutil/types.hh"
 #include "lix/libutil/config.hh"
 
-#include <map>
-#include <limits>
-
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 namespace nix {