diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4940016..0ffdbf7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 = mbed TLS x.x.x branch released xxxx-xx-xx
 
 Bugfix
+   * Fix compilation error on C++, because of a variable named new.
+     Found and fixed by Hirotaka Niisato in #1783.
    * Change the shebang line in Perl scripts to look up perl in the PATH.
      Contributed by fbrosson in #1533.
    * Fix a memory leak in mbedtls_x509_csr_parse(), found by catenacyber,
@@ -11,6 +13,8 @@
      return value. Found by @davidwu2000. #839
    * Fix the key_app_writer example which was writing a leading zero byte which
      was creating an invalid ASN.1 tag. Found by Aryeh R. Fixes #1257.
+   * Remove unused headers included in x509.c. Found by Chris Hanson and fixed
+     by Brendan Shanks. Part of a fix for #992.
 
 = mbed TLS 2.7.4 branch released 2018-06-18
 
diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index 153d745..a50a669 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -6017,27 +6017,27 @@
                                 mbedtls_x509_crt *cert,
                                 mbedtls_pk_context *key )
 {
-    mbedtls_ssl_key_cert *new;
+    mbedtls_ssl_key_cert *new_cert;
 
-    new = mbedtls_calloc( 1, sizeof( mbedtls_ssl_key_cert ) );
-    if( new == NULL )
+    new_cert = mbedtls_calloc( 1, sizeof( mbedtls_ssl_key_cert ) );
+    if( new_cert == NULL )
         return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_ALLOC_FAILED );
 
-    new->cert = cert;
-    new->key  = key;
-    new->next = NULL;
+    new_cert->cert = cert;
+    new_cert->key  = key;
+    new_cert->next = NULL;
 
     /* Update head is the list was null, else add to the end */
     if( *head == NULL )
     {
-        *head = new;
+        *head = new_cert;
     }
     else
     {
         mbedtls_ssl_key_cert *cur = *head;
         while( cur->next != NULL )
             cur = cur->next;
-        cur->next = new;
+        cur->next = new_cert;
     }
 
     return( 0 );
diff --git a/library/x509.c b/library/x509.c
index 371d6da..264c7fb 100644
--- a/library/x509.c
+++ b/library/x509.c
@@ -70,15 +70,6 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #endif
 
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_FS_IO)
-#include <stdio.h>
-#if !defined(_WIN32)
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
-#endif
-#endif
-
 #define CHECK(code) if( ( ret = code ) != 0 ){ return( ret ); }
 #define CHECK_RANGE(min, max, val) if( val < min || val > max ){ return( ret ); }