diff --git a/src/core/loader/nca.cpp b/src/core/loader/nca.cpp
index 8498cc94b..9d50c7d42 100644
--- a/src/core/loader/nca.cpp
+++ b/src/core/loader/nca.cpp
@@ -3,28 +3,22 @@
 // Refer to the license.txt file included.
 
 #include <utility>
-#include <vector>
 
 #include "common/file_util.h"
 #include "common/logging/log.h"
-#include "common/string_util.h"
-#include "common/swap.h"
-#include "core/core.h"
 #include "core/file_sys/content_archive.h"
-#include "core/file_sys/program_metadata.h"
-#include "core/gdbstub/gdbstub.h"
 #include "core/hle/kernel/process.h"
-#include "core/hle/kernel/resource_limit.h"
 #include "core/hle/service/filesystem/filesystem.h"
+#include "core/loader/deconstructed_rom_directory.h"
 #include "core/loader/nca.h"
-#include "core/loader/nso.h"
-#include "core/memory.h"
 
 namespace Loader {
 
 AppLoader_NCA::AppLoader_NCA(FileSys::VirtualFile file_)
     : AppLoader(std::move(file_)), nca(std::make_unique<FileSys::NCA>(file)) {}
 
+AppLoader_NCA::~AppLoader_NCA() = default;
+
 FileType AppLoader_NCA::IdentifyType(const FileSys::VirtualFile& file) {
     FileSys::NCA nca(file);
 
@@ -83,6 +77,4 @@ ResultStatus AppLoader_NCA::ReadProgramId(u64& out_program_id) {
     return ResultStatus::Success;
 }
 
-AppLoader_NCA::~AppLoader_NCA() = default;
-
 } // namespace Loader
diff --git a/src/core/loader/nca.h b/src/core/loader/nca.h
index 7f7d8ea0b..326f84857 100644
--- a/src/core/loader/nca.h
+++ b/src/core/loader/nca.h
@@ -4,20 +4,24 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <string>
 #include "common/common_types.h"
-#include "core/file_sys/content_archive.h"
-#include "core/file_sys/program_metadata.h"
+#include "core/file_sys/vfs.h"
 #include "core/hle/kernel/object.h"
 #include "core/loader/loader.h"
-#include "deconstructed_rom_directory.h"
+
+namespace FileSys {
+class NCA;
+}
 
 namespace Loader {
 
+class AppLoader_DeconstructedRomDirectory;
+
 /// Loads an NCA file
 class AppLoader_NCA final : public AppLoader {
 public:
     explicit AppLoader_NCA(FileSys::VirtualFile file);
+    ~AppLoader_NCA() override;
 
     /**
      * Returns the type of the file
@@ -35,12 +39,7 @@ public:
     ResultStatus ReadRomFS(FileSys::VirtualFile& dir) override;
     ResultStatus ReadProgramId(u64& out_program_id) override;
 
-    ~AppLoader_NCA();
-
 private:
-    FileSys::ProgramMetadata metadata;
-
-    FileSys::NCAHeader header;
     std::unique_ptr<FileSys::NCA> nca;
     std::unique_ptr<AppLoader_DeconstructedRomDirectory> directory_loader;
 };