diff --git a/appframework/posixapp.cpp b/appframework/posixapp.cpp
index cae3804c..ee4c6953 100644
--- a/appframework/posixapp.cpp
+++ b/appframework/posixapp.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 #include "filesystem_init.h"
 #include "tier1/convar.h"
 #include "vstdlib/cvar.h"
+
+#ifndef DEDICATED
 #include "togl/rendermechanism.h"
+#endif
 
 // NOTE: This has to be the last file included! (turned off below, since this is included like a header)
 #include "tier0/memdbgon.h"
diff --git a/materialsystem/cmatrendercontext.cpp b/materialsystem/cmatrendercontext.cpp
index 9aa65144..0e372127 100644
--- a/materialsystem/cmatrendercontext.cpp
+++ b/materialsystem/cmatrendercontext.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 #include "ctype.h"
 
 #include "tier1/fmtstr.h"
+#ifndef DEDICATED
 #include "togl/rendermechanism.h"
+#endif
 
 // NOTE: This must be the last file included!!!
 #include "tier0/memdbgon.h"
diff --git a/tier2/renderutils.cpp b/tier2/renderutils.cpp
index 41b8bc69..9b35e9fb 100644
--- a/tier2/renderutils.cpp
+++ b/tier2/renderutils.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 #include "materialsystem/imaterial.h"
 #include "tier0/vprof.h"
 #include "tier0/basetypes.h"
+#ifndef DEDICATED
 #include "togl/rendermechanism.h"
+#endif
 
 #if !defined(M_PI)
 	#define M_PI			3.14159265358979323846