diff --git a/CondFormats/PhysicsToolsObjects/BuildFile.xml b/CondFormats/PhysicsToolsObjects/BuildFile.xml
index 9f1b0ffdb921c..a5ccf5caa4033 100644
--- a/CondFormats/PhysicsToolsObjects/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/CondFormats/PhysicsToolsObjects/BuildFile.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 <use name="boost_serialization"/>
 <use name="boost_iostreams"/>
 <use name="boost"/>
-<use name="sigcpp"/>
 <use name="root"/>
 <export>
   <lib name="1"/>
diff --git a/GeneratorInterface/LHEInterface/BuildFile.xml b/GeneratorInterface/LHEInterface/BuildFile.xml
index 7ab4ad8f36739..6fcd808f731bd 100644
--- a/GeneratorInterface/LHEInterface/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/GeneratorInterface/LHEInterface/BuildFile.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 <use name="Utilities/StorageFactory"/>
 <use name="hepmc"/>
 <use name="boost"/>
-<use name="sigcpp"/>
 <use name="xerces-c"/>
 <use name="rootmath"/>
 <use name="fastjet"/>
diff --git a/HLTrigger/Timer/BuildFile.xml b/HLTrigger/Timer/BuildFile.xml
index 7d28a7ac17025..8ad3a7510d307 100644
--- a/HLTrigger/Timer/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/HLTrigger/Timer/BuildFile.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<use name="sigcpp"/>
 <use name="boost_chrono"/>
 <use name="DataFormats/Provenance"/>
 <use name="FWCore/Framework"/>
diff --git a/SimG4Core/Physics/BuildFile.xml b/SimG4Core/Physics/BuildFile.xml
index 6a0611d1d8875..3f0dae0a4826b 100644
--- a/SimG4Core/Physics/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/SimG4Core/Physics/BuildFile.xml
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@
 <use name="geant4core"/>
 <use name="heppdt"/>
 <use name="boost"/>
-<use name="sigcpp"/>
 <use name="expat"/>
diff --git a/SimG4Core/Watcher/BuildFile.xml b/SimG4Core/Watcher/BuildFile.xml
index 8039848a64bad..400c1707f6b5e 100644
--- a/SimG4Core/Watcher/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/SimG4Core/Watcher/BuildFile.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <use name="FWCore/Framework"/>
 <use name="boost"/>
-<use name="sigcpp"/>
 <export>
   <lib name="1"/>
 </export>
diff --git a/SimMuon/DTDigitizer/test/BuildFile.xml b/SimMuon/DTDigitizer/test/BuildFile.xml
index bce826fdfc277..53127fafbc8ed 100644
--- a/SimMuon/DTDigitizer/test/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/SimMuon/DTDigitizer/test/BuildFile.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <use name="CLHEP"/>
 <use name="root"/>
 <use name="boost"/>
-<use name="sigcpp"/>
 <bin name="testDriftTimeParam" file="testDriftTimeParam.cpp">
 </bin>