diff --git a/runtime/gc_base/StringTable.cpp b/runtime/gc_base/StringTable.cpp
index 73e96d6a01f..d98b87c28c9 100644
--- a/runtime/gc_base/StringTable.cpp
+++ b/runtime/gc_base/StringTable.cpp
@@ -20,16 +20,15 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 OR GPL-2.0-only WITH OpenJDK-assembly-exception-1.0
  *******************************************************************************/
 
+#include "StringTable.hpp"
+
 #include "hashtable_api.h"
 #include "j2sever.h"
 #include "j9consts.h"
-#include "j9protos.h"
 #include "objhelp.h"
-#include "ModronAssertions.h"
 
 #include "EnvironmentBase.hpp"
 #include "GCExtensions.hpp"
-#include "StringTable.hpp"
 #include "VMHelpers.hpp"
 
 /* the following is all zeros except the least significant bit */
diff --git a/runtime/gc_base/StringTable.hpp b/runtime/gc_base/StringTable.hpp
index d11c29956c7..c30c89be0d4 100644
--- a/runtime/gc_base/StringTable.hpp
+++ b/runtime/gc_base/StringTable.hpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "BaseVirtual.hpp"
 
+#include "j9protos.h"
 #include "ModronAssertions.h"
 
 class MM_EnvironmentBase;