diff --git a/modules/objdetect/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/objdetect/CMakeLists.txt
index 9da55b4090..ec9419aafe 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/objdetect/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 set(the_description "Object Detection")
-ocv_define_module(objdetect opencv_calib3d OPTIONAL opencv_highgui)
+ocv_define_module(objdetect OPTIONAL opencv_highgui)
diff --git a/modules/objdetect/include/opencv2/objdetect/objdetect.hpp b/modules/objdetect/include/opencv2/objdetect/objdetect.hpp
index e21573ac24..e3eb07db4b 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/include/opencv2/objdetect/objdetect.hpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/include/opencv2/objdetect/objdetect.hpp
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #define __OPENCV_OBJDETECT_HPP__
 
 #include "opencv2/core/core.hpp"
-#include "opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 #include <map>
diff --git a/modules/objdetect/src/precomp.hpp b/modules/objdetect/src/precomp.hpp
index 4d86ebf5fe..8dad2a17a4 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/src/precomp.hpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/src/precomp.hpp
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@
 #include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc_c.h"
 #include "opencv2/core/core_c.h"
 #include "opencv2/core/internal.hpp"
-#include "opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp"
-#include "opencv2/calib3d/calib3d.hpp"
 
 #include "opencv2/opencv_modules.hpp"
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENCV_HIGHGUI