diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/detail/common.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/detail/common.hpp
index 91a87cc56dd36..a0476e21657a7 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/detail/common.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/detail/common.hpp
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <cassert> // for assert
 #include <cstddef> // for size_t
 #include <cstdint>
-#include <string>      // for allocator, operator+
 #include <type_traits> // for enable_if_t
 #include <utility>     // for index_sequence, make_i...
 
@@ -200,10 +199,6 @@ class __SYCL_EXPORT tls_code_loc_t {
 #define __SYCL_ASSERT(x) assert(x)
 #endif // #ifdef __SYCL_DEVICE_ONLY__
 
-#define __SYCL_UR_ERROR_REPORT(backend)                                        \
-  std::string(sycl::detail::get_backend_name_no_vendor(backend)) +             \
-      " backend failed with error: "
-
 namespace sycl {
 inline namespace _V1 {
 namespace detail {
diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/properties.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/properties.hpp
index c7770e228bde8..f96d11fbeabe3 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/properties.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/properties.hpp
@@ -9,13 +9,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <sycl/detail/type_traits.hpp>
-#include <sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/property.hpp>       // for IsRuntimePr...
-#include <sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/property_utils.hpp> // for Sorted, Mer...
-#include <sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/property_value.hpp> // for property_value
-
-#include <tuple>       // for tuple, tupl...
-#include <type_traits> // for enable_if_t
-#include <variant>     // for tuple
+#include <sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/property_utils.hpp>
 
 namespace sycl {
 inline namespace _V1 {
diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/property_utils.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/property_utils.hpp
index 42e4b315073f8..27d8a09e400c9 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/property_utils.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/property_utils.hpp
@@ -11,11 +11,8 @@
 #include <sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/property.hpp>
 #include <sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/property_value.hpp>
 
-#include <array>       // for tuple_element
 #include <stddef.h>    // for size_t
-#include <tuple>       // for tuple
 #include <type_traits> // for false_type, true_...
-#include <variant>     // for tuple
 
 namespace sycl {
 inline namespace _V1 {
diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/property_value.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/property_value.hpp
index 813e4ecf964ea..fd0b718daa3f0 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/property_value.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/property_value.hpp
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 #include <sycl/ext/oneapi/properties/property.hpp>
 
-#include <type_traits> // for enable_if_t
-
 namespace sycl {
 inline namespace _V1 {
 namespace ext::oneapi::experimental {
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/adapter_impl.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/adapter_impl.hpp
index 48efa30a3cbf0..f2f6b0c3fac16 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/adapter_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/adapter_impl.hpp
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
 
+#define __SYCL_UR_ERROR_REPORT(backend)                                        \
+  std::string(sycl::detail::get_backend_name_no_vendor(backend)) +             \
+      " backend failed with error: "
+
 #define __SYCL_CHECK_UR_CODE_NO_EXC(expr, backend)                             \
   {                                                                            \
     auto code = expr;                                                          \
diff --git a/sycl/unittests/helpers/ScopedEnvVar.hpp b/sycl/unittests/helpers/ScopedEnvVar.hpp
index a9b3352d93342..b23aadd98c391 100644
--- a/sycl/unittests/helpers/ScopedEnvVar.hpp
+++ b/sycl/unittests/helpers/ScopedEnvVar.hpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <functional>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string>
 
 namespace sycl {
 inline namespace _V1 {