diff --git a/main/announcements/announcements.php b/main/announcements/announcements.php
index b3bfa45332..52548e5ee8 100755
--- a/main/announcements/announcements.php
+++ b/main/announcements/announcements.php
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ $tbl_sessions			= Database::get_main_table(TABLE_MAIN_SESSION);
 $tbl_announcement		= Database::get_course_table(TABLE_ANNOUNCEMENT);
 $tbl_item_property  	= Database::get_course_table(TABLE_ITEM_PROPERTY);
 
-/*	Libraries	*/
-
-$lib = api_get_path(LIBRARY_PATH); //avoid useless function calls
-require_once 'announcements.inc.php';
-
 $course_id = api_get_course_int_id();
 $_course = api_get_course_info();
 
diff --git a/main/announcements/announcements.inc.php b/main/inc/lib/AnnouncementManager.php
similarity index 100%
rename from main/announcements/announcements.inc.php
rename to main/inc/lib/AnnouncementManager.php
diff --git a/main/social/profile.php b/main/social/profile.php
index 0fc4ca9762..e2d2b1846a 100755
--- a/main/social/profile.php
+++ b/main/social/profile.php
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ $userIsOnline = user_is_online($user_id);
 
 $libpath = api_get_path(LIBRARY_PATH);
 require_once api_get_path(SYS_CODE_PATH).'calendar/myagenda.inc.php';
-require_once api_get_path(SYS_CODE_PATH).'announcements/announcements.inc.php';
 
 require_once $libpath.'magpierss/rss_fetch.inc';
 $ajax_url = api_get_path(WEB_AJAX_PATH).'message.ajax.php';
diff --git a/main/webservices/cm_webservice_announcements.php b/main/webservices/cm_webservice_announcements.php
index da0299b3c5..036b8a505f 100755
--- a/main/webservices/cm_webservice_announcements.php
+++ b/main/webservices/cm_webservice_announcements.php
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/../inc/global.inc.php');
 $libpath = api_get_path(LIBRARY_PATH);
-
-require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/../announcements/announcements.inc.php');
 require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/cm_webservice.php');
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/main/announcements/announcements.inc.test.php b/tests/main/announcements/announcements.inc.test.php
index d7c008680b..9fcfea3f6d 100755
--- a/tests/main/announcements/announcements.inc.test.php
+++ b/tests/main/announcements/announcements.inc.test.php
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 /* For licensing terms, see /license.txt */
 
-require_once api_get_path(SYS_CODE_PATH).'announcements/announcements.inc.php';
-require_once api_get_path(LIBRARY_PATH).'course.lib.php';
 require_once api_get_path(LIBRARY_PATH).'add_course.lib.inc.php';
-require_once api_get_path(LIBRARY_PATH).'groupmanager.lib.php';
+
 
 class TestAnnouncements extends UnitTestCase {