diff --git a/dumux/geomechanics/poroelastic/couplingmanager.hh b/dumux/geomechanics/poroelastic/couplingmanager.hh
index 578073a629c3425a9378ae6b9cd17f7f2da67afb..e257772d19167edbc26b542ad5bc42687f4c4546 100644
--- a/dumux/geomechanics/poroelastic/couplingmanager.hh
+++ b/dumux/geomechanics/poroelastic/couplingmanager.hh
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 
 #include <dumux/common/properties.hh>
-#include <dumux/discretization/elementsolution.hh>
-#include <dumux/discretization/evalgradients.hh>
 #include <dumux/multidomain/couplingmanager.hh>
 
 namespace Dumux {
diff --git a/dumux/geomechanics/poroelastic/volumevariables.hh b/dumux/geomechanics/poroelastic/volumevariables.hh
index a2e4053d21c72e92d4b60b3953ac0650bf4411c8..80a48542ba4ed4c893d22a6cbcb1c9d01d538de3 100644
--- a/dumux/geomechanics/poroelastic/volumevariables.hh
+++ b/dumux/geomechanics/poroelastic/volumevariables.hh
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 #ifndef DUMUX_POROELASTIC_VOLUME_VARIABLES_HH
 #define DUMUX_POROELASTIC_VOLUME_VARIABLES_HH
 
-#include <dumux/discretization/evalgradients.hh>
-
 namespace Dumux {
 
 /*!