diff --git a/dumux/linear/amgbackend.hh b/dumux/linear/amgbackend.hh
index 2579d6e9a5f6ab0eb50d03a5296c4ff780ed9ad6..4dc0fa2da9e75532d6eb62cff71ae7707c315306 100644
--- a/dumux/linear/amgbackend.hh
+++ b/dumux/linear/amgbackend.hh
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <dune/istl/solvers.hh>
 
 #include <dumux/linear/solver.hh>
-#include <dumux/linear/linearsolverproperties.hh>
 #include <dumux/linear/amgtraits.hh>
 #include <dumux/linear/amgparallelhelpers.hh>
 
diff --git a/dumux/linear/amgparallelhelpers.hh b/dumux/linear/amgparallelhelpers.hh
index 3f0638dc01c0c6e3c6970d2447901ecf1d04a289..a20ae98ac3017112dcde51260caa7a1b9c02f4da 100644
--- a/dumux/linear/amgparallelhelpers.hh
+++ b/dumux/linear/amgparallelhelpers.hh
@@ -28,17 +28,9 @@
 #include <dune/istl/owneroverlapcopy.hh>
 #include <dune/istl/paamg/pinfo.hh>
 
-#include "linearsolverproperties.hh"
-
 namespace Dumux
 {
 
-namespace Properties
-{
-//! The type traits required for using the AMG backend
-NEW_PROP_TAG(AmgTraits);
-}
-
 /*!
  * \brief A parallel helper class providing a nonoverlapping
  *        decomposition of all degrees of freedom
diff --git a/dumux/mixeddimension/properties.hh b/dumux/mixeddimension/properties.hh
index a8403d04cec3980f9aa6368e19ef506e550ebf54..db98cd1d08fb410f7bf4d0be614f739987d51d22 100644
--- a/dumux/mixeddimension/properties.hh
+++ b/dumux/mixeddimension/properties.hh
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <dune/istl/multitypeblockmatrix.hh>
 
 #include <dumux/common/basicproperties.hh>
-#include <dumux/linear/linearsolverproperties.hh>
 #include <dumux/nonlinear/newtonmethod.hh>
 #include <dumux/common/timemanager.hh>
 
diff --git a/dumux/porousmediumflow/sequential/pressureproperties.hh b/dumux/porousmediumflow/sequential/pressureproperties.hh
index 8dde3b013e0259266bb1bdb9f9f01a03f87f752d..c43af88137c189390679dd893d48ff6e08b91719 100644
--- a/dumux/porousmediumflow/sequential/pressureproperties.hh
+++ b/dumux/porousmediumflow/sequential/pressureproperties.hh
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <dune/istl/bvector.hh>
 
 #include "properties.hh"
-#include <dumux/linear/linearsolverproperties.hh>
 #include <dumux/linear/seqsolverbackend.hh>
 
 
diff --git a/test/mixeddimension/embedded/1p2c_richards2c/schursolver.hh b/test/mixeddimension/embedded/1p2c_richards2c/schursolver.hh
index a30cd54d62dea640febe17f6eef378816b781d8d..e40415443358b382a6757b4de9f500283263e188 100644
--- a/test/mixeddimension/embedded/1p2c_richards2c/schursolver.hh
+++ b/test/mixeddimension/embedded/1p2c_richards2c/schursolver.hh
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 
 #include <dumux/common/parameters.hh>
 #include <dumux/common/basicproperties.hh>
-#include <dumux/linear/linearsolverproperties.hh>
 
 #include <dune/istl/paamg/amg.hh>
 #include <dune/istl/paamg/pinfo.hh>