diff --git a/benchmarks/dvcs/analysis/dvcs_tests.cxx b/benchmarks/dvcs/analysis/dvcs_tests.cxx
index 65e68bc30348645b9ec500fe33219e75eba55f20..3218a0a5178ab881b0d0ea043f0667a5c6bb023d 100644
--- a/benchmarks/dvcs/analysis/dvcs_tests.cxx
+++ b/benchmarks/dvcs/analysis/dvcs_tests.cxx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ R__LOAD_LIBRARY(libfmt.so)
 #include "fmt/color.h"
 
 R__LOAD_LIBRARY(libedm4eic.so)
-R__LOAD_LIBRARY(libDD4pod.so)
 
 #include "edm4eic/InclusiveKinematicsCollection.h"
 #include "edm4eic/ReconstructedParticleCollection.h"
diff --git a/benchmarks/tcs/analysis/tcs_tests.cxx b/benchmarks/tcs/analysis/tcs_tests.cxx
index 2c48ee5cab1ed4fbc42b45e08e62191324713d2d..0f33fa6b33bd796196f790e86a0a85d9c6a8c7b0 100644
--- a/benchmarks/tcs/analysis/tcs_tests.cxx
+++ b/benchmarks/tcs/analysis/tcs_tests.cxx
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ R__LOAD_LIBRARY(libfmt.so)
 #include "fmt/color.h"
 
 R__LOAD_LIBRARY(libedm4eic.so)
-R__LOAD_LIBRARY(libDD4pod.so)
 
 #include "edm4eic/InclusiveKinematicsCollection.h"
 #include "edm4eic/ReconstructedParticleCollection.h"
diff --git a/benchmarks/u_omega/analysis/demo.cxx b/benchmarks/u_omega/analysis/demo.cxx
index d8eb7433348248c52bcd91dac3d8a34a176a6f1d..5f843bf7ad3d4af2cc27fcfbc72cc82611838f7c 100644
--- a/benchmarks/u_omega/analysis/demo.cxx
+++ b/benchmarks/u_omega/analysis/demo.cxx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ R__LOAD_LIBRARY(libfmt.so)
 #include "fmt/color.h"
 
 R__LOAD_LIBRARY(libedm4eic.so)
-R__LOAD_LIBRARY(libDD4pod.so)
 
 #include "dd4pod/Geant4ParticleCollection.h"
 #include "edm4eic/TrackParametersCollection.h"