diff --git a/src/common/execio.c b/src/common/execio.c
--- a/src/common/execio.c
+++ b/src/common/execio.c
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
   along with DistRen.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
-#include "execio.h"
+#include "common/config.h"
+
+#include "common/execio.h"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -25,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #endif
 #include <signal.h>
-#include <malloc.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>