diff --git a/src/caosdb/configuration.cpp b/src/caosdb/configuration.cpp
index 11fdea1405447a03617fe71b7f59a24e5a9405b0..ffa860471821b8733efeadf77801b8155ae6711e 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/configuration.cpp
+++ b/src/caosdb/configuration.cpp
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@
 #include "caosdb/utility.h"                            // for get_home_direc...
 #include <cassert>                                     // for assert
 #include <cstdlib>                                     // for getenv
-#include <cstring>                                     // IWYU pragma: keep
-#include <exception>                                   // IWYU pragma: keep
 #include <cstring>                                     // for strcmp
+#include <exception>                                   // IWYU pragma: keep
 #include <grpcpp/security/credentials.h>               // for SslCredentials
 #include <iterator>                                    // for next
 #include <map>                                         // for map