diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/AppSketcher.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/AppSketcher.cpp
index 2fa61fea1f..f10a3fb567 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/AppSketcher.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/AppSketcher.cpp
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
-
 #include "PreCompiled.h"
-#ifndef _PreComp_
-# include <Python.h>
-#endif
 
 #include <Base/Console.h>
 #include <Base/Interpreter.h>
@@ -47,7 +43,6 @@
 #include "PropertyConstraintList.h"
 
 
-
 namespace Sketcher {
 extern PyObject* initModule();
 }
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b3d95d6a4..b916c4c6e2 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ include_directories(
     ${OCC_INCLUDE_DIR}
     ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}
     ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-    ${XercesC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${EIGEN3_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
 link_directories(${OCC_LIBRARY_DIR})
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/PreCompiled.h b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/PreCompiled.h
index 79665e82a5..f8af11c7ec 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/PreCompiled.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/PreCompiled.h
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
 #include <TopoDS_Edge.hxx>
 #include <TopoDS_Vertex.hxx>
 
-#include <Python.h>
 
 #elif defined(FC_OS_WIN32)
 #ifndef NOMINMAX
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/AppSketcherGui.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/AppSketcherGui.cpp
index 6006721efc..8433d85b6b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/AppSketcherGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/AppSketcherGui.cpp
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
-
 #include "PreCompiled.h"
-#ifndef _PreComp_
-# include <Python.h>
-#endif
 
 #include <CXX/Extensions.hxx>
 #include <CXX/Objects.hxx>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 41c0776310..9c0820afe1 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ include_directories(
     ${COIN3D_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}
-    ${XercesC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${EIGEN3_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
 link_directories(${OCC_LIBRARY_DIR})
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/PreCompiled.h b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/PreCompiled.h
index ccb456e7aa..bd7d1cdd11 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/PreCompiled.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/PreCompiled.h
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@
 #include <Inventor/nodes/SoInfo.h>
 #include <Inventor/SbTime.h>
 
-// Python
-#include <Python.h>
-
 
 #endif //_PreComp_