diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.aix/.classpath b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.aix/.classpath
index 2f498f50b33..c5cfc924bbd 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.aix/.classpath
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.aix/.classpath
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
     <classpathentry kind="src" path="src/"/>
-    <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.cdt.core"/>
-    <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.core.resources"/>
-    <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.core.runtime"/>
-    <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.apache.xerces"/>
-    <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.search"/>
-    <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.compare"/>
-    <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.debug.core"/>
-    <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.team.core"/>
-    <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.ui"/>
-    <classpathentry kind="src" path="/org.eclipse.core.boot"/>
+    <classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.pde.core.requiredPlugins"/>
     <classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
     <classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.aix/.project b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.aix/.project
index 8c2ed1f29a4..8edd1404d74 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.aix/.project
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.aix/.project
@@ -3,16 +3,7 @@
 	<name>org.eclipse.cdt.core.aix</name>
 	<comment></comment>
 	<projects>
-		<project>org.apache.xerces</project>
 		<project>org.eclipse.cdt.core</project>
-		<project>org.eclipse.compare</project>
-		<project>org.eclipse.core.boot</project>
-		<project>org.eclipse.core.resources</project>
-		<project>org.eclipse.core.runtime</project>
-		<project>org.eclipse.debug.core</project>
-		<project>org.eclipse.search</project>
-		<project>org.eclipse.team.core</project>
-		<project>org.eclipse.ui</project>
 	</projects>
 	<buildSpec>
 		<buildCommand>
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.aix/fragment.xml b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.aix/fragment.xml
index 8b6277e754b..cd7f107e952 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.aix/fragment.xml
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.aix/fragment.xml
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@
       <import plugin="org.eclipse.ui"/>
    </requires>
 
-
 </fragment>