diff --git a/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout.c b/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout.c
index 29ff2ca48faf..0847007bfa40 100644
--- a/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout.c
+++ b/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout.c
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@
 #include <ipc/stream.h>
 #include <ipc/topology.h>
 #include <ipc4/base-config.h>
-#include <ipc4/mixin_mixout.h>
 #include <user/trace.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#include "mixin_mixout.h"
+
 LOG_MODULE_REGISTER(mixer, CONFIG_SOF_LOG_LEVEL);
 
 /* mixin 39656eb2-3b71-4049-8d3f-f92cd5c43c09 */
diff --git a/src/include/ipc4/mixin_mixout.h b/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/include/ipc4/mixin_mixout.h
rename to src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout.h
diff --git a/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout_generic.c b/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout_generic.c
index a99788be32bc..793a7f5d12c7 100644
--- a/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout_generic.c
+++ b/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout_generic.c
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 //
 // Author: Andrula Song <xiaoyuan.song@intel.com>
 
-#include <ipc4/mixin_mixout.h>
 #include <sof/common.h>
 #include <rtos/string.h>
 
+#include "mixin_mixout.h"
+
 #ifdef MIXIN_MIXOUT_GENERIC
 
 #if CONFIG_FORMAT_S16LE
diff --git a/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout_hifi3.c b/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout_hifi3.c
index 93905a5d80af..c5a44251e335 100644
--- a/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout_hifi3.c
+++ b/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout_hifi3.c
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 //
 // Author: Andrula Song <xiaoyuan.song@intel.com>
 
-#include <ipc4/mixin_mixout.h>
 #include <sof/common.h>
 
+#include "mixin_mixout.h"
+
 #ifdef MIXIN_MIXOUT_HIFI3
 
 #if CONFIG_FORMAT_S16LE