diff --git a/tmate.h b/tmate.h
index 2e0606a1..899a5f17 100644
--- a/tmate.h
+++ b/tmate.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <msgpack.h>
+#include <libssh/libssh.h>
 #include <event.h>
 
 #include "tmux.h"
@@ -79,9 +80,6 @@ extern void tmate_decoder_commit(struct tmate_decoder *decoder, size_t len);
 #define TMATE_HOST_ECDSA_KEY "c7:a1:51:36:d2:bb:35:4b:0a:1a:c0:43:97:74:ea:42"
 #endif
 
-typedef struct ssh_session_struct* ssh_session;
-typedef struct ssh_channel_struct* ssh_channel;
-
 enum tmate_ssh_client_state_types {
 	SSH_NONE,
 	SSH_INIT,