diff --git a/test/utils/test_kinematics.cpp b/test/utils/test_kinematics.cpp
index 49fc6c5b9..ffbebd38c 100644
--- a/test/utils/test_kinematics.cpp
+++ b/test/utils/test_kinematics.cpp
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 #include "edm4hep/MutableMCParticle.h"
 #include "edm4hep/MutableReconstructedParticle.h"
 
-#include "Math/Vector4D.h"
-
 #include <tuple>
 
 using ParticleTypes = std::tuple<edm4hep::MutableMCParticle, edm4hep::MutableReconstructedParticle>;
diff --git a/tools/include/edm4hep2json.hxx b/tools/include/edm4hep2json.hxx
index 71a296a65..b4fbb3452 100644
--- a/tools/include/edm4hep2json.hxx
+++ b/tools/include/edm4hep2json.hxx
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@
 // JSON
 #include "nlohmann/json.hpp"
 
-// STL
-#include <cassert>
 #include <cstdint>
-#include <exception>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
diff --git a/utils/include/edm4hep/utils/ParticleIDUtils.h b/utils/include/edm4hep/utils/ParticleIDUtils.h
index 390251b44..640ec037e 100644
--- a/utils/include/edm4hep/utils/ParticleIDUtils.h
+++ b/utils/include/edm4hep/utils/ParticleIDUtils.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
-#include <type_traits>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace edm4hep::utils {
diff --git a/utils/include/edm4hep/utils/TrackUtils.h b/utils/include/edm4hep/utils/TrackUtils.h
index 725d537d6..c1a2fe2eb 100644
--- a/utils/include/edm4hep/utils/TrackUtils.h
+++ b/utils/include/edm4hep/utils/TrackUtils.h
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #include <edm4hep/RecDqdxCollection.h>
 #include <edm4hep/Track.h>
 
-#include <podio/Frame.h>
-
 #include <map>
 #include <vector>