diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/.classpath b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/.classpath
index 34631a2a307..5f03bec12bb 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/.classpath
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/.classpath
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-    <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.ui"/>
     <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.core.resources"/>
     <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.core.runtime"/>
     <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.apache.xerces"/>
-    <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.search"/>
-    <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.compare"/>
-    <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.debug.ui"/>
-    <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.debug.core"/>
     <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.core.boot"/>
     <classpathentry kind="var" path="JRE_LIB" rootpath="JRE_SRCROOT" sourcepath="JRE_SRC"/>
     <classpathentry kind="src" path="builder"/>
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/.project b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/.project
index 49f6480aaf6..be24b3f79ad 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/.project
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/.project
@@ -4,14 +4,9 @@
 	<comment></comment>
 	<projects>
 		<project>org.apache.xerces</project>
-		<project>org.eclipse.compare</project>
 		<project>org.eclipse.core.boot</project>
 		<project>org.eclipse.core.resources</project>
 		<project>org.eclipse.core.runtime</project>
-		<project>org.eclipse.debug.core</project>
-		<project>org.eclipse.debug.ui</project>
-		<project>org.eclipse.search</project>
-		<project>org.eclipse.ui</project>
 	</projects>
 	<buildSpec>
 		<buildCommand>