diff --git a/kernel/include/ksched.h b/kernel/include/ksched.h
index 0ec1897a2f3..4676a0beca1 100644
--- a/kernel/include/ksched.h
+++ b/kernel/include/ksched.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <zephyr/kernel_structs.h>
 #include <kernel_internal.h>
-#include <zephyr/timeout_q.h>
+#include <timeout_q.h>
 #include <zephyr/tracing/tracing.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
diff --git a/include/zephyr/timeout_q.h b/kernel/include/timeout_q.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/zephyr/timeout_q.h
rename to kernel/include/timeout_q.h
diff --git a/kernel/include/wait_q.h b/kernel/include/wait_q.h
index 3edcb77702a..2c8eeefbf25 100644
--- a/kernel/include/wait_q.h
+++ b/kernel/include/wait_q.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <zephyr/sys/dlist.h>
 #include <zephyr/sys/rb.h>
 #include <zephyr/kernel/sched_priq.h>
-#include <zephyr/timeout_q.h>
+#include <timeout_q.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/kernel/timeout.c b/kernel/timeout.c
index 1d3149b2afe..339bc65a014 100644
--- a/kernel/timeout.c
+++ b/kernel/timeout.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <zephyr/kernel.h>
 #include <zephyr/spinlock.h>
 #include <ksched.h>
-#include <zephyr/timeout_q.h>
+#include <timeout_q.h>
 #include <zephyr/syscall_handler.h>
 #include <zephyr/drivers/timer/system_timer.h>
 #include <zephyr/sys_clock.h>
diff --git a/samples/kernel/metairq_dispatch/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/kernel/metairq_dispatch/CMakeLists.txt
index fe39b05df2e..2b16c4b410e 100644
--- a/samples/kernel/metairq_dispatch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/kernel/metairq_dispatch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ find_package(Zephyr REQUIRED HINTS $ENV{ZEPHYR_BASE})
 project(metairq_dispatch)
 
 target_sources(app PRIVATE src/main.c src/msgdev.c)
+
+target_include_directories(app PRIVATE
+  ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/kernel/include
+  )
diff --git a/samples/kernel/metairq_dispatch/src/msgdev.c b/samples/kernel/metairq_dispatch/src/msgdev.c
index 142f46d043d..d4ba5d5895f 100644
--- a/samples/kernel/metairq_dispatch/src/msgdev.c
+++ b/samples/kernel/metairq_dispatch/src/msgdev.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
-#include <zephyr/timeout_q.h>
+#include <timeout_q.h>
 #include "msgdev.h"
 
 /* This file implements a fake device that creates and enqueues
diff --git a/soc/x86/intel_ish/intel_ish5/pm/power.c b/soc/x86/intel_ish/intel_ish5/pm/power.c
index a2ea8f65ce5..3ad15eee36b 100644
--- a/soc/x86/intel_ish/intel_ish5/pm/power.c
+++ b/soc/x86/intel_ish/intel_ish5/pm/power.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <zephyr/pm/pm.h>
 #include <zephyr/pm/policy.h>
 #include <zephyr/device.h>
-#include <zephyr/timeout_q.h>
 #include <zephyr/init.h>
 #include <zephyr/irq.h>
 #include <zephyr/logging/log_core.h>
diff --git a/subsys/pm/pm.c b/subsys/pm/pm.c
index ae6e8505d89..cfeadaa4447 100644
--- a/subsys/pm/pm.c
+++ b/subsys/pm/pm.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <zephyr/device.h>
 #include <zephyr/kernel.h>
 #include <zephyr/kernel_structs.h>
-#include <zephyr/timeout_q.h>
 #include <zephyr/init.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <zephyr/drivers/timer/system_timer.h>