diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 52906b49b820a926b932c40c13701d708b3341b6..bb57afa14b1a2b269733edf0bdf4339dd88096f1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ dynamic_graph_bridge_msgs)
 add_required_dependency(roscpp)
 add_required_dependency(tf2_ros)
 add_required_dependency("realtime_tools >= 1.8")
-add_required_dependency(bullet)
-add_required_dependency(tf2_bullet)
 
 ADD_REQUIRED_DEPENDENCY("dynamic-graph >= 3.0.0")
 ADD_REQUIRED_DEPENDENCY("sot-core >= 3.0.0")
@@ -100,7 +98,6 @@ add_library(ros_bridge
   include/dynamic_graph_bridge/ros_init.hh src/ros_init.cpp
   src/sot_to_ros.hh src/sot_to_ros.cpp
   )
-pkg_config_use_dependency(ros_bridge tf2_bullet)
 pkg_config_use_dependency(ros_bridge dynamic_graph_bridge_msgs)
 install(TARGETS ros_bridge DESTINATION lib)
 
@@ -119,7 +116,6 @@ macro(compile_plugin NAME)
   pkg_config_use_dependency(${NAME} dynamic-graph)
   pkg_config_use_dependency(${NAME} sot-core)
   pkg_config_use_dependency(${NAME} dynamic_graph_bridge_msgs)
-  pkg_config_use_dependency(${NAME} bullet)
   add_dependencies(${NAME} ros_bridge)
   target_link_libraries(${NAME} ros_bridge)
   set_target_properties(${NAME} PROPERTIES BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH True)
@@ -191,7 +187,7 @@ generate_messages( DEPENDENCIES std_msgs )
 
 # This is necessary so that the pc file generated by catking is similar to the on
 # done directly by jrl-cmake-modules
-catkin_package(CATKIN_DEPENDS message_runtime roscpp realtime_tools tf2_bullet ${SOT_PKGNAMES} tf2_ros
+catkin_package(CATKIN_DEPENDS message_runtime roscpp realtime_tools ${SOT_PKGNAMES} tf2_ros
   LIBRARIES ${CATKIN_DEPENDS_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
diff --git a/src/converter.hh b/src/converter.hh
index 48add3ff87a9c1578bbd223f89cc24d59618c36c..82034e6732186673d6e93a6f0d95b6574d35b50e 100644
--- a/src/converter.hh
+++ b/src/converter.hh
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 #include <ros/time.h>
 #include <std_msgs/Header.h>
 
-#include <LinearMath/btMatrix3x3.h>
-#include <LinearMath/btQuaternion.h>
-
 #define SOT_TO_ROS_IMPL(T) \
   template <>              \
   inline void converter(SotToRos<T>::ros_t& dst, const SotToRos<T>::sot_t& src)