diff --git a/source/libs/sync/inc/syncInt.h b/source/libs/sync/inc/syncInt.h
index 009854b45b..0b653ddbe9 100644
--- a/source/libs/sync/inc/syncInt.h
+++ b/source/libs/sync/inc/syncInt.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #include "sync.h"
-#include "taosdef.h"
+#include "tglobal.h"
 #include "trpc.h"
 #include "ttimer.h"
 
diff --git a/source/libs/sync/src/syncPipeline.c b/source/libs/sync/src/syncPipeline.c
index a7c22ffd55..44f5a293a9 100644
--- a/source/libs/sync/src/syncPipeline.c
+++ b/source/libs/sync/src/syncPipeline.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "syncSnapshot.h"
 #include "syncUtil.h"
 #include "syncVoteMgr.h"
-#include "tglobal.h"
 
 static int64_t tsLogBufferMemoryUsed = 0;  // total bytes of vnode log buffer