diff --git a/src/common/compat.c b/src/common/compat.c
index 649d99e8fc..6ce26afc41 100644
--- a/src/common/compat.c
+++ b/src/common/compat.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <assert.h>
 
 #include "compat.h"
 #include "log.h"
diff --git a/src/common/container.c b/src/common/container.c
index 8eea7438ad..c7602d14b0 100644
--- a/src/common/container.c
+++ b/src/common/container.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #endif
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-
+#include <assert.h>
 
 /* =====
  * smartlist_t: a simple resizeable array abstraction.
diff --git a/src/common/util.h b/src/common/util.h
index ae5ab9dc57..6e674e4180 100644
--- a/src/common/util.h
+++ b/src/common/util.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "orconfig.h"
 #include "torint.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #endif