diff --git a/CommonTools/MVAUtils/BuildFile.xml b/CommonTools/MVAUtils/BuildFile.xml
index c6e15e70055d6..9c7589c0a58b1 100644
--- a/CommonTools/MVAUtils/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/CommonTools/MVAUtils/BuildFile.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<use name="CommonTools/Utils"/>
 <use name="CondFormats/EgammaObjects"/>
 <use name="FWCore/ParameterSet"/>
 <use name="FWCore/Utilities"/>
diff --git a/CommonTools/RecoAlgos/plugins/BuildFile.xml b/CommonTools/RecoAlgos/plugins/BuildFile.xml
index 1391d81bd6a18..14976ed78b0e4 100644
--- a/CommonTools/RecoAlgos/plugins/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/CommonTools/RecoAlgos/plugins/BuildFile.xml
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@
   <use name="TrackingTools/Records"/>
   <use name="CommonTools/Utils"/>
   <use name="CommonTools/RecoAlgos"/>
-  <use name="JetMETCorrections/JetCorrector"/>
 </library>
diff --git a/DQM/SiPixelMonitorCluster/BuildFile.xml b/DQM/SiPixelMonitorCluster/BuildFile.xml
index f317bf3773a72..696e1ce65a1d6 100644
--- a/DQM/SiPixelMonitorCluster/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/DQM/SiPixelMonitorCluster/BuildFile.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <use name="FWCore/Framework"/>
-<use name="FWCore/ParameterSet"/>
 <use name="DQMServices/Core"/>
 <use name="DQM/SiPixelCommon"/>
 <use name="Geometry/CommonDetUnit"/>
diff --git a/DQM/SiPixelMonitorTrack/BuildFile.xml b/DQM/SiPixelMonitorTrack/BuildFile.xml
index e95a45b7debcb..0a2e6d3eb2130 100644
--- a/DQM/SiPixelMonitorTrack/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/DQM/SiPixelMonitorTrack/BuildFile.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <use name="FWCore/Framework"/>
-<use name="FWCore/ParameterSet"/>
 <use name="DQMServices/Core"/>
 <use name="DQM/SiPixelCommon"/>
 <use name="DataFormats/TrackerRecHit2D"/>
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@
 <use name="TrackingTools/KalmanUpdators"/>
 <use name="TrackingTools/MeasurementDet"/>
 <use name="TrackingTools/Records"/>
-<use name="RecoTracker/TransientTrackingRecHit"/>
 <use name="TrackingTools/TransientTrack"/>
 <use name="boost"/>
 <flags EDM_PLUGIN="1"/>
diff --git a/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/bin/BuildFile.xml b/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/bin/BuildFile.xml
index 7a24968df89c8..c074e16ef4eab 100644
--- a/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/bin/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/bin/BuildFile.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
     <use name="rootgraphics"/>
     <use name="DataFormats/Common"/>
     <use name="DataFormats/HcalDigi"/>
-    <use name="DataFormats/HcalDetId"/>
     <use name="cuda"/>
 </bin>
diff --git a/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/plugins/BuildFile.xml b/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/plugins/BuildFile.xml
index 3077a68a665e4..aa66a2cb81bdf 100644
--- a/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/plugins/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/EventFilter/HcalRawToDigi/plugins/BuildFile.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 <library file="HcalRawToDigiGPU.cc,DecodeGPU.cu,HcalESProducerGPUDefs.cc,ElectronicsMappingGPU.cc,HcalCPUDigisProducer.cc,HcalDigisProducerGPU.cc" name="EventFilterHcalRawToDigiGPUPlugins">
   <use name="cuda" />
-  <use name="CUDADataFormats/Common" />
-  <use name="CUDADataFormats/CaloCommon"/>
   <use name="CUDADataFormats/HcalDigi" />
   <use name="HeterogeneousCore/CUDACore"/>
   <use name="HeterogeneousCore/CUDAServices"/>
diff --git a/PhysicsTools/NanoAOD/plugins/BuildFile.xml b/PhysicsTools/NanoAOD/plugins/BuildFile.xml
index a379002d70904..b66dea70dbb0e 100644
--- a/PhysicsTools/NanoAOD/plugins/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/PhysicsTools/NanoAOD/plugins/BuildFile.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 <use name="DataFormats/ProtonReco"/>
 <use name="CondFormats/RunInfo"/>
 <use name="CondFormats/DataRecord"/>
-<use name="RecoPPS/ProtonReconstruction"/>
 <use name="fastjet"/>
 <use name="fastjet-contrib"/>
 <library file="*.cc" name="PhysicsToolsNanoAODPlugins">
diff --git a/RecoEgamma/EgammaIsolationAlgos/plugins/BuildFile.xml b/RecoEgamma/EgammaIsolationAlgos/plugins/BuildFile.xml
index bc5a46ca4ce24..7216793702c17 100644
--- a/RecoEgamma/EgammaIsolationAlgos/plugins/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/RecoEgamma/EgammaIsolationAlgos/plugins/BuildFile.xml
@@ -7,14 +7,11 @@
 <use name="FWCore/Framework"/>
 <use name="FWCore/MessageLogger"/>
 <use name="FWCore/ParameterSet"/>
-<use name="FWCore/PluginManager"/>
 <use name="Geometry/CaloGeometry"/>
 <use name="Geometry/Records"/>
 <use name="RecoCaloTools/Selectors"/>
 <use name="CommonTools/Statistics"/>
 <use name="RecoEgamma/EgammaIsolationAlgos"/>
-<use name="CondFormats/EcalObjects"/>
-<use name="CondFormats/DataRecord"/>
 <use name="RecoLocalCalo/EcalRecAlgos"/>
 <use name="DataFormats/ParticleFlowCandidate"/>
 <use name="DataFormats/PatCandidates"/>
diff --git a/RecoEgamma/Examples/plugins/BuildFile.xml b/RecoEgamma/Examples/plugins/BuildFile.xml
index b59607c7a476c..f2bf80e5412a6 100644
--- a/RecoEgamma/Examples/plugins/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/RecoEgamma/Examples/plugins/BuildFile.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <use name="RecoEgamma/EgammaMCTools"/>
 <use name="RecoEcal/EgammaCoreTools"/>
-<use name="RecoTracker/TkDetLayers"/>
-<use name="Geometry/CaloGeometry"/>
 <use name="Geometry/CaloTopology"/>
 <use name="Geometry/CommonDetUnit"/>
 <use name="Geometry/Records"/>
@@ -31,15 +29,11 @@
 <use name="DataFormats/PatCandidates"/>
 <use name="DataFormats/SiStripDetId"/>
 <use name="DataFormats/TrackerRecHit2D"/>
-<use name="DataFormats/TrackingRecHit"/>
 <use name="DataFormats/TrackReco"/>
 <use name="DataFormats/TrajectoryState"/>
-<use name="DataFormats/VertexReco"/>
 <use name="DQMServices/Core"/>
-<use name="SimDataFormats/CrossingFrame"/>
 <use name="SimDataFormats/GeneratorProducts"/>
 <use name="SimDataFormats/Track"/>
-<use name="SimDataFormats/TrackingAnalysis"/>
 <use name="SimDataFormats/Vertex"/>
 <library file="*.cc" name="RecoEgammaExamplesPlugins">
   <flags EDM_PLUGIN="1"/>
diff --git a/RecoLocalCalo/HcalRecAlgos/BuildFile.xml b/RecoLocalCalo/HcalRecAlgos/BuildFile.xml
index 2c2ee20aff7d5..2a00e076f08e4 100644
--- a/RecoLocalCalo/HcalRecAlgos/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/RecoLocalCalo/HcalRecAlgos/BuildFile.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 <use name="eigen"/>
 <use name="rootminuit2"/>
 <use name="vdt_headers"/>
-<use name="CUDADataFormats/Common" />
-<use name="CUDADataFormats/HcalDigi"/>
-<use name="CUDADataFormats/HcalRecHitSoA" />
 <use name="CalibCalorimetry/HcalAlgos"/>
 <use name="CalibFormats/CaloObjects"/>
 <use name="CalibFormats/HcalObjects"/>
@@ -17,7 +14,6 @@
 <use name="FWCore/MessageLogger"/>
 <use name="FWCore/ParameterSet"/>
 <use name="Geometry/CaloTopology"/>
-<use name="Geometry/HcalCommonData"/>
 <use name="HeterogeneousCore/CUDACore"/>
 <use name="HeterogeneousCore/CUDAUtilities"/>
 <use name="RecoLocalCalo/EcalRecAlgos"/>
diff --git a/RecoLocalCalo/HcalRecProducers/BuildFile.xml b/RecoLocalCalo/HcalRecProducers/BuildFile.xml
index e34037ecbcbb5..3907af6817621 100644
--- a/RecoLocalCalo/HcalRecProducers/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/RecoLocalCalo/HcalRecProducers/BuildFile.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <use name="boost"/>
 <use name="cuda"/>
-<use name="CUDADataFormats/CaloCommon"/>
-<use name="CUDADataFormats/Common"/>
 <use name="CUDADataFormats/HcalDigi"/>
 <use name="CUDADataFormats/HcalRecHitSoA"/>
 <use name="CalibCalorimetry/HcalAlgos"/>
@@ -14,12 +12,10 @@
 <use name="FWCore/ParameterSet"/>
 <use name="FWCore/PluginManager"/>
 <use name="FWCore/ServiceRegistry"/>
-<use name="Geometry/CaloGeometry"/>
 <use name="Geometry/HcalCommonData"/>
 <use name="Geometry/Records"/>
 <use name="HeterogeneousCore/CUDACore"/>
 <use name="HeterogeneousCore/CUDAUtilities"/>
 <use name="RecoLocalCalo/HcalRecAlgos"/>
-<use name="SimCalorimetry/CaloSimAlgos"/>
 <use name="SimCalorimetry/HcalSimAlgos"/>
 <flags EDM_PLUGIN="1"/>
diff --git a/RecoLocalCalo/HcalRecProducers/bin/BuildFile.xml b/RecoLocalCalo/HcalRecProducers/bin/BuildFile.xml
index a804a7fe4b70e..2b1079ddb6874 100644
--- a/RecoLocalCalo/HcalRecProducers/bin/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/RecoLocalCalo/HcalRecProducers/bin/BuildFile.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <bin name="makeHcalRecHitGpuValidationPlots" file="makeHcalRecHitGpuValidationPlots.cpp">
     <use name="root"/>
     <use name="rootgraphics"/>
-    <use name="DataFormats/Common"/>
-    <use name="DataFormats/HcalDetId"/>
     <use name="CUDADataFormats/HcalRecHitSoA"/>
+    <use name="DataFormats/HcalRecHit"/>
 </bin>
diff --git a/SimCalorimetry/HGCalSimProducers/BuildFile.xml b/SimCalorimetry/HGCalSimProducers/BuildFile.xml
index 7e74720874e7c..6860254dcc3b5 100644
--- a/SimCalorimetry/HGCalSimProducers/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/SimCalorimetry/HGCalSimProducers/BuildFile.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <use name="FWCore/Framework"/>
 <use name="FWCore/ParameterSet"/>
 <use name="FWCore/Utilities"/>
-<use name="SimGeneral/MixingModule"/>
 <use name="DataFormats/ForwardDetId"/>
-<use name="SimDataFormats/CaloTest"/>
-<use name="Geometry/Records"/>
 <use name="Geometry/HGCalGeometry"/>
 <use name="Geometry/HcalTowerAlgo"/>
 <use name="SimCalorimetry/HGCalSimAlgos"/>
diff --git a/SimCalorimetry/HGCalSimProducers/plugins/BuildFile.xml b/SimCalorimetry/HGCalSimProducers/plugins/BuildFile.xml
index 10210b61c0be2..7c684aac304c7 100644
--- a/SimCalorimetry/HGCalSimProducers/plugins/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/SimCalorimetry/HGCalSimProducers/plugins/BuildFile.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <use name="FWCore/Framework"/>
 <use name="FWCore/Utilities"/>
+<use name="Geometry/Records"/>
+<use name="SimCalorimetry/HGCalSimProducers"/>
+<use name="SimDataFormats/CaloTest"/>
 <use name="SimGeneral/MixingModule"/>
 <use name="SimGeneral/PreMixingModule"/>
-<use name="SimCalorimetry/HGCalSimProducers"/>
 <use name="root"/>
 <flags EDM_PLUGIN="1"/>
diff --git a/SimDataFormats/Associations/plugins/BuildFile.xml b/SimDataFormats/Associations/plugins/BuildFile.xml
index 7f2eb2e2b1f29..bd62ae6ee8f1b 100644
--- a/SimDataFormats/Associations/plugins/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/SimDataFormats/Associations/plugins/BuildFile.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <use name="FWCore/Framework"/>
 <use name="FWCore/ParameterSet"/>
-<use name="SimTracker/Records"/>
-<use name="SimTracker/TrackAssociation"/>
-<use name="DataFormats/TrackReco"/>
 <library name="CPLCAssociation_plugins" file="*.cc">
   <flags EDM_PLUGIN="1"/>
 </library>
diff --git a/SimG4Core/Application/plugins/BuildFile.xml b/SimG4Core/Application/plugins/BuildFile.xml
index de5e2daf694f2..22a53115d9517 100644
--- a/SimG4Core/Application/plugins/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/SimG4Core/Application/plugins/BuildFile.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-<use name="FWCore/Concurrency"/>
 <use name="FWCore/Framework"/>
 <use name="FWCore/ParameterSet"/>
-<use name="SimDataFormats/GeneratorProducts"/>
 <use name="SimDataFormats/CaloHit"/>
 <use name="SimDataFormats/Track"/>
 <use name="SimDataFormats/TrackingHit"/>
diff --git a/Validation/SiPixelPhase1TrackClustersV/BuildFile.xml b/Validation/SiPixelPhase1TrackClustersV/BuildFile.xml
index b81fd8ad3ac79..f879872266a2a 100644
--- a/Validation/SiPixelPhase1TrackClustersV/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/Validation/SiPixelPhase1TrackClustersV/BuildFile.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 <use name="DQM/SiPixelPhase1Common"/>
-<use name="DataFormats/TrackerRecHit2D"/>
-<use name="TrackingTools/TrackFitters"/>
 <flags EDM_PLUGIN="1"/>