diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/mpegts/mpegts.h b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/mpegts/mpegts.h
index 497ee364bb..a540d1e874 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/mpegts/mpegts.h
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/mpegts/mpegts.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <gst/mpegts/gst-scte-section.h>
 #include <gst/mpegts/gstmpegts-enumtypes.h>
 #include <gst/mpegts/gst-hdmv-section.h>
+#include <gst/mpegts/gst-mpegtspesmetadatameta.h>
 #include <gst/mpegts/gst-metadata-descriptor.h>
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c
index d32b857d80..8a7b2082d9 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@
 #include "tsdemux.h"
 #include "gstmpegdesc.h"
 #include "gstmpegdefs.h"
-#include "gst/mpegts/gst-mpegtspesmetadatameta.h"
-#include "gst/mpegts/gst-metadata-descriptor.h"
 #include "mpegtspacketizer.h"
 #include "pesparse.h"
 #include <gst/codecparsers/gsth264parser.h>
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/examples/mpegts/ts-parser.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/examples/mpegts/ts-parser.c
index 31f016a785..c65059c19e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/examples/mpegts/ts-parser.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/examples/mpegts/ts-parser.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <glib/gprintf.h>
 #include <gst/gst.h>
 #include <gst/mpegts/mpegts.h>
-#include <gst/mpegts/gst-metadata-descriptor.h>
 
 #define MPEGTIME_TO_GSTTIME(t) ((t) * (guint64)100000 / 9)