diff --git a/RecoPixelVertexing/PixelLowPtUtilities/interface/TrackHitsFilter.h b/RecoPixelVertexing/PixelLowPtUtilities/interface/TrackHitsFilter.h
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index e85906e1c15d4..0000000000000
--- a/RecoPixelVertexing/PixelLowPtUtilities/interface/TrackHitsFilter.h
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@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _TrackHitsFilter_h_
-#define _TrackHitsFilter_h_
-
-namespace reco { class Track; }
-
-#include "DataFormats/TrackingRecHit/interface/TrackingRecHit.h"
-
-#include <vector>
-
-class TrackHitsFilter
-{
-  public:
-    virtual ~TrackHitsFilter() {}
-    virtual bool operator()
-      (const reco::Track*, std::vector<const TrackingRecHit *>) const = 0;
-};
-
-#endif
diff --git a/RecoPixelVertexing/PixelLowPtUtilities/interface/TrackHitsFilterFactory.h b/RecoPixelVertexing/PixelLowPtUtilities/interface/TrackHitsFilterFactory.h
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@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _TrackHitsFilterFactory_h_
-#define _TrackHitsFilterFactory_h_
-
-#include "RecoPixelVertexing/PixelLowPtUtilities/interface/TrackHitsFilter.h"
-#include "FWCore/PluginManager/interface/PluginFactory.h"
-
-namespace edm {class ParameterSet; class EventSetup; }
-
-typedef edmplugin::PluginFactory<TrackHitsFilter 
-  *(const edm::ParameterSet &,
-    const edm::EventSetup   &) > TrackHitsFilterFactory;
-
-#endif
diff --git a/RecoPixelVertexing/PixelLowPtUtilities/src/TrackHitsFilterFactory.cc b/RecoPixelVertexing/PixelLowPtUtilities/src/TrackHitsFilterFactory.cc
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--- a/RecoPixelVertexing/PixelLowPtUtilities/src/TrackHitsFilterFactory.cc
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-#include "RecoPixelVertexing/PixelLowPtUtilities/interface/TrackHitsFilterFactory.h"
-
-#include "FWCore/PluginManager/interface/PluginFactory.h"
-
-EDM_REGISTER_PLUGINFACTORY(TrackHitsFilterFactory,"TrackHitsFilterFactory");