diff --git a/src/include/migraphx/instruction_ref.hpp b/src/include/migraphx/instruction_ref.hpp
index d5d0e29d43e..e8b3e6511e9 100644
--- a/src/include/migraphx/instruction_ref.hpp
+++ b/src/include/migraphx/instruction_ref.hpp
@@ -87,8 +87,4 @@ struct hash<migraphx::instruction_ref>
 
 } // namespace std
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#include <migraphx/instruction.hpp>
-#endif
-
 #endif
diff --git a/test/promote_literals_test.cpp b/test/promote_literals_test.cpp
index 6e6e021c5b2..f00d9c421cf 100644
--- a/test/promote_literals_test.cpp
+++ b/test/promote_literals_test.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * The MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2025 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2026 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
  */
 
 #include <migraphx/promote_literals.hpp>
+#include <migraphx/instruction_ref.hpp>
+#include <migraphx/instruction.hpp>
 #include <migraphx/program.hpp>
 #include <migraphx/dead_code_elimination.hpp>
 #include <migraphx/eliminate_common_subexpression.hpp>