diff --git a/src/clib/pio.h b/src/clib/pio.h
index 26e45d54f38..4e40e9c6666 100644
--- a/src/clib/pio.h
+++ b/src/clib/pio.h
@@ -16,15 +16,7 @@
 #include <mpi.h>
 #include <uthash.h>
 
-#ifdef _NETCDF
 #include <netcdf.h>
-#ifdef _NETCDF4
-#include <netcdf_par.h>
-#endif
-#endif
-#ifdef _PNETCDF
-#include <pnetcdf.h>
-#endif
 
 #ifndef MPI_OFFSET
 /** MPI_OFFSET is an integer type of size sufficient to represent the
diff --git a/src/clib/pio_internal.h b/src/clib/pio_internal.h
index 595f3b93f31..48fe3ac9995 100644
--- a/src/clib/pio_internal.h
+++ b/src/clib/pio_internal.h
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 #include <bget.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <math.h>
+#ifdef _NETCDF4
+#include <netcdf_par.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef _PNETCDF
+#include <pnetcdf.h>
+#endif
 #ifdef TIMING
 #include <gptl.h>
 #endif