diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a67c0991..a618e762 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ target_include_directories(
          $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/opus>
   PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/dnn/include
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/dnn
           celt
           silk)
 
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ if(OPUS_BUILD_PROGRAMS)
   target_include_directories(opus_demo PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
   target_include_directories(opus_demo PRIVATE silk) # debug.h
   target_include_directories(opus_demo PRIVATE celt) # arch.h
-  target_include_directories(opus_demo PRIVATE dnn/include)
+  target_include_directories(opus_demo PRIVATE dnn)
   target_link_libraries(opus_demo PRIVATE opus ${OPUS_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES})
   target_compile_definitions(opus_demo PRIVATE OPUS_BUILD)
 
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING AND NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
   add_executable(test_opus_encode ${test_opus_encode_sources})
   target_include_directories(test_opus_encode
-                            PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} celt dnn/include)
+                            PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} celt dnn)
   target_link_libraries(test_opus_encode PRIVATE opus)
   target_compile_definitions(test_opus_encode PRIVATE OPUS_BUILD)
   add_test(NAME test_opus_encode COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING AND NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
   add_executable(test_opus_extensions ${test_opus_extensions_sources})
   target_include_directories(test_opus_extensions
-                            PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} celt dnn/include)
+                            PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} celt dnn)
   target_link_libraries(test_opus_extensions PRIVATE opus)
   target_compile_definitions(test_opus_extensions PRIVATE OPUS_BUILD)
   add_test(NAME test_opus_extensions COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 8c3d4b05..4a1a1ba1 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIRS = doc
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/celt -I$(top_srcdir)/silk \
               -I$(top_srcdir)/silk/float -I$(top_srcdir)/silk/fixed $(NE10_CFLAGS) \
-              -I$(top_srcdir)/dnn/include
+              -I$(top_srcdir)/dnn
 
 include celt_sources.mk
 include lpcnet_sources.mk
diff --git a/dnn/include/dred_rdovae.h b/dnn/dred_rdovae.h
similarity index 100%
rename from dnn/include/dred_rdovae.h
rename to dnn/dred_rdovae.h
diff --git a/dnn/include/lpcnet.h b/dnn/lpcnet.h
similarity index 100%
rename from dnn/include/lpcnet.h
rename to dnn/lpcnet.h
diff --git a/lpcnet_headers.mk b/lpcnet_headers.mk
index 90a827c6..4b0cb4cf 100644
--- a/lpcnet_headers.mk
+++ b/lpcnet_headers.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ silk/dred_coding.h \
 silk/dred_config.h \
 silk/dred_decoder.h \
 silk/dred_encoder.h \
-dnn/include/dred_rdovae.h \
-dnn/include/lpcnet.h \
+dnn/dred_rdovae.h \
+dnn/lpcnet.h \
 dnn/burg.h \
 dnn/common.h \
 dnn/freq.h \
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d8b59b64..eb604e26 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ host_cpu_family = host_machine.cpu_family()
 top_srcdir = meson.current_source_dir()
 top_builddir = meson.current_build_dir()
 
-opus_includes = include_directories('.', 'include', 'celt', 'silk', 'dnn/include')
+opus_includes = include_directories('.', 'include', 'celt', 'silk', 'dnn')
 opus_public_includes = include_directories('include')
 
 add_project_arguments('-DOPUS_BUILD', language: 'c')