diff --git a/include/qpdf/QPDFTokenizer.hh b/include/qpdf/QPDFTokenizer.hh
index b84e214..9478674 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/QPDFTokenizer.hh
+++ b/include/qpdf/QPDFTokenizer.hh
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <qpdf/DLL.h>
 
 #include <qpdf/InputSource.hh>
-#include <qpdf/PointerHolder.hh> // unused -- remove in qpdf 12 (see #785)
 
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <memory>
diff --git a/include/qpdf/QPDFWriter.hh b/include/qpdf/QPDFWriter.hh
index 5cfb958..419cdeb 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/QPDFWriter.hh
+++ b/include/qpdf/QPDFWriter.hh
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <qpdf/PDFVersion.hh>
 #include <qpdf/Pipeline.hh>
 #include <qpdf/Pl_Buffer.hh>
-#include <qpdf/PointerHolder.hh> // unused -- remove in qpdf 12 (see #785)
 #include <qpdf/QPDFObjGen.hh>
 #include <qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh>
 #include <qpdf/QPDFXRefEntry.hh>
diff --git a/include/qpdf/QUtil.hh b/include/qpdf/QUtil.hh
index 2f0a748..8202ce6 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/QUtil.hh
+++ b/include/qpdf/QUtil.hh
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #define QUTIL_HH
 
 #include <qpdf/DLL.h>
-#include <qpdf/PointerHolder.hh> // unused -- remove in qpdf 12 (see #785)
 #include <qpdf/Types.h>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstring>
diff --git a/manual/release-notes.rst b/manual/release-notes.rst
index 117318b..64ddc7e 100644
--- a/manual/release-notes.rst
+++ b/manual/release-notes.rst
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ more detail.
       transition will get errors unless it defines
       ``POINTERHOLDER_TRANSITION``, and any file that uses
       ``PointerHolder`` will have to explicitly include it rather than
-      relying on other headers to bring it along.
+      relying on other headers to bring it along. Additionally,
+      ``qpdf/PointerHolder.hh`` is no longer included by any qpdf
+      header files.
 
   - Other Changes