diff --git a/plugins/wasmembed/abi.hpp b/plugins/wasmembed/abi.hpp
index 4f3675bc701..6f1ca08fbee 100644
--- a/plugins/wasmembed/abi.hpp
+++ b/plugins/wasmembed/abi.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#include <string>
-#include <sstream>
-
+#include <span>
 #include <wasmtime.hh>
 
 std::tuple<uint32_t /*ptr*/, std::string /*encoding*/, uint32_t /*byte length*/> load_string(const wasmtime::Span<uint8_t> &data, uint32_t ptr);