diff --git a/cmake/CheckPlatform.cmake b/cmake/CheckPlatform.cmake
index 755602b69..199c4e4e6 100644
--- a/cmake/CheckPlatform.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CheckPlatform.cmake
@@ -5,45 +5,6 @@ include(CheckLibraryExists)
 include(CheckIncludeFiles)
 include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
 
-check_include_files(arpa/inet.h HAVE_ARPA_INET)
-check_include_files(crypt.h HAVE_CRYPT)
-check_include_files(ctype.h HAVE_CTYPE)
-check_include_files(dirent.h HAVE_DIRENT)
-check_include_files(dlfcn.h HAVE_DLFCN)
-check_include_files(errno.h HAVE_ERRNO)
-check_include_files(execinfo.h HAVE_EXECINFO)
-check_include_files(fcntl.h HAVE_FCNTL)
-check_include_files(ftw.h HAVE_FTW)
-check_include_files(getopt.h HAVE_GETOPT)
-check_include_files(ini.h HAVE_INI)
-check_include_files(math.h HAVE_MATH)
-check_include_files(netdb.h HAVE_NETDB)
-check_include_files(netinet/in.h HAVE_NETINET_IN)
-check_include_files(openssl/aes.h HAVE_OPENSSL_AES)
-check_include_files(openssl/sha.h HAVE_OPENSSL_SHA)
-check_include_files(pthread.h HAVE_PTHREAD)
-check_include_files(pwd.h HAVE_PWD)
-check_include_files(regex.h HAVE_REGEX)
-check_include_files(signal.h HAVE_SIGNAL)
-check_include_files(stdarg.h HAVE_STDARG)
-check_include_files(stdbool.h HAVE_STDBOOL)
-check_include_files(stdint.h HAVE_STDINT)
-check_include_files(stdio.h HAVE_STDIO)
-check_include_files(stdlib.h HAVE_STDLIB)
-check_include_files(string.h HAVE_STRING)
-check_include_files(strings.h HAVE_STRINGS)
-check_include_files(sys/epoll.h HAVE_SYS_EPOLL)
-check_include_files(sys/ioctl.h HAVE_SYS_IOCTL)
-check_include_files(syslog.h HAVE_SYSLOG)
-check_include_files(sys/param.h HAVE_SYS_PARAM)
-check_include_files(sys/socket.h HAVE_SYS_SOCKET)
-check_include_files(sys/stat.h HAVE_SYS_STAT)
-check_include_files(sys/time.h HAVE_SYS_TIME)
-check_include_files(sys/types.h HAVE_SYS_TYPES)
-check_include_files(sys/un.h HAVE_SYS_UN)
-check_include_files(time.h HAVE_TIME)
-check_include_files(unistd.h HAVE_UNISTD)
-
 # Check for libraries MaxScale depends on
 find_library(HAVE_LIBSSL NAMES ssl)
 if(NOT HAVE_LIBSSL)