diff --git a/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForCLIC.cpp b/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForCLIC.cpp
index 00c5a60b8e37809edde4f42f973841e9fb42c3ed..b7ce1cf024bc1296e502ecb42e1cd16eacf63405 100644
--- a/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForCLIC.cpp
+++ b/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForCLIC.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "DDRec/DDGear.h"
 #include "DDRec/MaterialManager.h"
 
-#include "DDSurfaces/Vector3D.h"
+#include "DDRec/Vector3D.h"
 
 #include "gearimpl/TPCParametersImpl.h"
 #include "gearimpl/FixedPadSizeDiskLayout.h"
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ namespace dd4hep{
   namespace rec{
     
     using namespace detail ;
-    //    using namespace gear ;
-    using DDSurfaces::Vector3D ;
 
     /** Plugin that creates Gear objects for DetElements and attaches them 
      *  as extensions. Called from DDGear::createGearMgr().
diff --git a/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForILD.cpp b/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForILD.cpp
index 3a4f75544db64b28379598eabf1096cabfa9bce2..d2e37d0f5a0bb515b860da91901440145d6b2a3c 100644
--- a/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForILD.cpp
+++ b/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForILD.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "DDRec/DDGear.h"
 #include "DDRec/MaterialManager.h"
 
-#include "DDSurfaces/Vector3D.h"
+#include "DDRec/Vector3D.h"
 
 #include "DDSegmentation/Segmentation.h"
 
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ namespace dd4hep{
   namespace rec{
     
     using namespace detail ;
-    //    using namespace gear ;
-    using DDSurfaces::Vector3D ;
 
     /** Plugin that creates Gear objects for DetElements and attaches them 
      *  as extensions. Called from DDGear::createGearMgr().
diff --git a/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForSiD.cpp b/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForSiD.cpp
index a1cd6909e838fac8c53967b519ae65145a047237..6fd5251ca9e3fbfa1952010aea94b964128c52c5 100644
--- a/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForSiD.cpp
+++ b/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForSiD.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "DDRec/DDGear.h"
 #include "DDRec/MaterialManager.h"
 
-#include "DDSurfaces/Vector3D.h"
+#include "DDRec/Vector3D.h"
 
 #include "gearimpl/TPCParametersImpl.h"
 #include "gearimpl/FixedPadSizeDiskLayout.h"
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ namespace dd4hep{
   namespace rec{
     
     using namespace detail ;
-    //    using namespace gear ;
-    using DDSurfaces::Vector3D ;
 
     /** Plugin that creates Gear objects for DetElements and attaches them 
      *  as extensions. Called from DDGear::createGearMgr().