diff --git a/src/v/iceberg/BUILD b/src/v/iceberg/BUILD
index 95ee48ec6c60..381e80f28381 100644
--- a/src/v/iceberg/BUILD
+++ b/src/v/iceberg/BUILD
@@ -172,9 +172,6 @@ redpanda_cc_library(
         ":compatibility_utils",
         ":datatypes",
         "//src/v/base",
-        "@abseil-cpp//absl/container:btree",
-        "@fmt",
-        "@seastar",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/src/v/iceberg/compatibility.cc b/src/v/iceberg/compatibility.cc
index e1e3b3c8e399..e3226b9cc098 100644
--- a/src/v/iceberg/compatibility.cc
+++ b/src/v/iceberg/compatibility.cc
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 #include "iceberg/compatibility_utils.h"
 #include "iceberg/datatypes.h"
 
-#include <absl/container/btree_map.h>
-#include <fmt/format.h>
-
 #include <ranges>
 #include <variant>
 
diff --git a/src/v/iceberg/compatibility.h b/src/v/iceberg/compatibility.h
index acfa327b4739..5c43f92e5aab 100644
--- a/src/v/iceberg/compatibility.h
+++ b/src/v/iceberg/compatibility.h
@@ -9,12 +9,9 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "base/outcome.h"
 #include "iceberg/compatibility_types.h"
 #include "iceberg/datatypes.h"
 
-#include <seastar/util/bool_class.hh>
-
 namespace iceberg {
 
 /**