diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cache/recycler/PageCacheRecyclerModule.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cache/recycler/PageCacheRecyclerModule.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c27a04a3469..00000000000
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cache/recycler/PageCacheRecyclerModule.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-package org.elasticsearch.cache.recycler;
-
-import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
-
-public class PageCacheRecyclerModule extends AbstractModule {
-
-    // pkg private so tests can mock
-    Class<? extends PageCacheRecycler> pageCacheRecyclerImpl = PageCacheRecycler.class;
-
-    @Override
-    protected void configure() {
-        if (pageCacheRecyclerImpl == PageCacheRecycler.class) {
-            bind(PageCacheRecycler.class).asEagerSingleton();
-        } else {
-            bind(PageCacheRecycler.class).to(pageCacheRecyclerImpl).asEagerSingleton();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/bitset/BitsetFilterCacheModule.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/bitset/BitsetFilterCacheModule.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 694df3bf5bc..00000000000
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/bitset/BitsetFilterCacheModule.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-package org.elasticsearch.index.cache.bitset;
-
-import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
-
-/**
- */
-public class BitsetFilterCacheModule extends AbstractModule {
-
-    public BitsetFilterCacheModule(Settings settings) {
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void configure() {
-
-    }
-}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java
index 4caafe69219..7b9ed73bd3d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.Build;
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.cache.recycler.PageCacheRecycler;
-import org.elasticsearch.cache.recycler.PageCacheRecyclerModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClientModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterModule;