From 356ff345fec21779f6f335992b6e828c38b76398 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abtin Keshavarzian <abtink@google.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 16:47:41 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [core] remove unnecessary forward declarations of `class
 ThreadNetif` (#12278)

Removes unnecessary `class ThreadNetif;` forward declarations in
`meshcop.hpp`, `child_supervision.hpp`, and `jam_detector.hpp`.
---
 src/core/meshcop/meshcop.hpp          | 3 ---
 src/core/thread/child_supervision.hpp | 2 --
 src/core/utils/jam_detector.hpp       | 3 ---
 3 files changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/meshcop/meshcop.hpp b/src/core/meshcop/meshcop.hpp
index a118f4b2b..7f0655840 100644
--- a/src/core/meshcop/meshcop.hpp
+++ b/src/core/meshcop/meshcop.hpp
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@
 #include "meshcop/steering_data.hpp"
 
 namespace ot {
-
-class ThreadNetif;
-
 namespace MeshCoP {
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/core/thread/child_supervision.hpp b/src/core/thread/child_supervision.hpp
index 3e833a3ad..2eb0b77f4 100644
--- a/src/core/thread/child_supervision.hpp
+++ b/src/core/thread/child_supervision.hpp
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@
 
 namespace ot {
 
-class ThreadNetif;
-
 /**
  *
  * Child supervision feature provides a mechanism for parent
diff --git a/src/core/utils/jam_detector.hpp b/src/core/utils/jam_detector.hpp
index a4be7a532..b20f67fce 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/jam_detector.hpp
+++ b/src/core/utils/jam_detector.hpp
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@
 #include "common/timer.hpp"
 
 namespace ot {
-
-class ThreadNetif;
-
 namespace Utils {
 
 class JamDetector : public InstanceLocator, private NonCopyable