diff --git a/src/header/sys_types/cbindgen.toml b/src/header/sys_types/cbindgen.toml
index c8b7fca74b08d846e1673db58bfeecec40955eda..f9f83e156c3e9f98ba7ade3bdf5f63bbbb7d2462 100644
--- a/src/header/sys_types/cbindgen.toml
+++ b/src/header/sys_types/cbindgen.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-sys_includes = ["stddef.h", "sys/types_internal.h", "sys/select.h"]
+# no default C includes - they cause recursive dependencies and do weird stuff
+no_includes = true
+sys_includes = [
+    # Import most necessary, internal types first
+    "sys/types_internal.h",
+
+    "stddef.h",
+    "sys/select.h"
+]
+
 include_guard = "_SYS_TYPES_H"
 language = "C"
 style = "Tag"
 
 [enum]
-prefix_with_name = true
\ No newline at end of file
+prefix_with_name = true