diff --git a/m4/cxx11_final.m4 b/m4/cxx11_final.m4
index 4f11f358851009a0377f442ed69476bce0d10a1e..ec6a7f5922f37ca49b444dda9d3f5a37f9b334bc 100644
--- a/m4/cxx11_final.m4
+++ b/m4/cxx11_final.m4
@@ -19,6 +19,4 @@ AC_DEFUN([DUNE_CHECKFINAL],[
       [AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_KEYWORD_FINAL,
                           1,
                           [does the compiler support the keyword 'final'?])],)
-
-    AH_BOTTOM([#include <dune/common/std/final.hh>])
 ])
diff --git a/m4/dune_deprecated.m4 b/m4/dune_deprecated.m4
index ff196167297f4328ff590397896826f0d6055bd5..17deefa7e7fe5d88e839ce308e59d87a1d856f2a 100644
--- a/m4/dune_deprecated.m4
+++ b/m4/dune_deprecated.m4
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([DUNE_CHECKDEPRECATED],[
         AC_LANG_POP([C++])
     ])
 
-    AC_CACHE_CHECK([for __attribute__((deprecated("message")))], 
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK([for __attribute__((deprecated("message")))],
         dune_cv_attribute_deprecated_message, [
         AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
         AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([DUNE_CHECKDEPRECATED],[
             dune_cv_attribute_deprecated_message="no")
         AC_LANG_POP([C++])
     ])
- 
+
     if test "$dune_cv_attribute_deprecated" = "yes"; then
         AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAS_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED, 1,
                           [does the compiler support __attribute__((deprecated))?])
@@ -51,6 +51,4 @@ AC_DEFUN([DUNE_CHECKDEPRECATED],[
         AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAS_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED_MSG, 1,
                           [does the compiler support __attribute__((deprecated("message"))?])
     fi
-
-    AH_BOTTOM([#include <dune/common/deprecated.hh>])
 ])
diff --git a/m4/dune_unused.m4 b/m4/dune_unused.m4
index 352ba307121bed07d6b7e452fc59c52191cf11c6..23f50113ba2cdd00548644747ccccd7634723b37 100644
--- a/m4/dune_unused.m4
+++ b/m4/dune_unused.m4
@@ -20,6 +20,4 @@ AC_DEFUN([DUNE_CHECKUNUSED],[
       [AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAS_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                           1,
                           [does the compiler support __attribute__((unused))?])],)
-
-    AH_BOTTOM([#include <dune/common/unused.hh>])
 ])