diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.cpp
index 626926645b..5f27df9f29 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include <sys/times.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <libsinsp/metrics_collector.h>
-#include <libscap/strl.h>
 
 static const char *const sinsp_stats_v2_resource_utilization_names[] = {
 	[SINSP_RESOURCE_UTILIZATION_CPU_PERC] = "cpu_usage_perc",
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.h b/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.h
index e96251d0f5..42c2385b4b 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.h
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include <libscap/metrics_v2.h>
 #include <libscap/scap_machine_info.h>
 #include <libsinsp/threadinfo.h>
+#include <libscap/strl.h>
 
 struct sinsp_stats_v2
 {
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/sinsp.h b/userspace/libsinsp/sinsp.h
index ee96e6dbfc..adbf88fa35 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/sinsp.h
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/sinsp.h
@@ -1080,7 +1080,6 @@ VISIBILITY_PRIVATE
 	const scap_machine_info* m_machine_info;
 	const scap_agent_info* m_agent_info;
 	std::shared_ptr<sinsp_stats_v2> m_sinsp_stats_v2;
-	metrics_v2 m_sinsp_stats_v2_buffer[SINSP_MAX_STATS_V2];
 	uint32_t m_num_cpus;
 	bool m_flush_memory_dump;
 	bool m_large_envs_enabled;