diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/CMakeLists.txt b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/CMakeLists.txt
index 0fa3407896fec43d582feb07ca7618e6d49364db..8cd7505a7daf29e4df15e493e7c3ec077f999a5b 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ atlas_subdir( PhysicsElementLinks )
 
 # Declare the package's dependencies:
 atlas_depends_on_subdirs( PUBLIC
-                          Control/SGTools
+                          Control/AthenaKernel
                           PhysicsAnalysis/AnalysisCommon/ParticleEvent
                           PhysicsAnalysis/TruthParticleID/McParticleEvent
                           Reconstruction/Jet/JetEvent
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ atlas_add_library( PhysicsElementLinks
                    src/*.cxx
                    PUBLIC_HEADERS PhysicsElementLinks
                    PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIRS ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-                   LINK_LIBRARIES SGTools ParticleEvent McParticleEvent JetEvent muonEvent Particle egammaEvent tauEvent
+                   LINK_LIBRARIES AthenaKernel ParticleEvent McParticleEvent JetEvent muonEvent Particle egammaEvent tauEvent
                    PRIVATE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} )
 
 atlas_add_dictionary( PhysicsElementLinksDict
                       PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinksDict.h
                       PhysicsElementLinks/selection.xml
                       INCLUDE_DIRS ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-                      LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} SGTools ParticleEvent McParticleEvent JetEvent muonEvent Particle egammaEvent tauEvent PhysicsElementLinks )
+                      LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AthenaKernel ParticleEvent McParticleEvent JetEvent muonEvent Particle egammaEvent tauEvent PhysicsElementLinks )
 
diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/ElectronLinks.h b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/ElectronLinks.h
index e0836a03475e178d30272637b90d91add533708f..5e859d8e6f28c21231eae94a342cacf6e03c18bf 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/ElectronLinks.h
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/ElectronLinks.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 /***************************************************************************************
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ElectronLinks.h is needed to be able to add ParticleLinks<ElectronContainer>
 
 #include "egammaEvent/ElectronContainer.h"
 #include "ParticleEvent/ParticleLinks.h"
-#include "SGTools/CLASS_DEF.h"
+#include "AthenaKernel/CLASS_DEF.h"
 
 typedef  ParticleLinks<ElectronContainer> ElectronLinks ;
 typedef  ElementLink<ElectronContainer> ElectronLink ;
diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/JetLinks.h b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/JetLinks.h
index 9ddf14d064ccbdebc14e65abf2b46aff2690ee35..b2227033a0a29abdcb3bbf07343e1fe7bbf56607 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/JetLinks.h
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/JetLinks.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 /***************************************************************************************
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ JetLinks.h is needed to be able to add ParticleLinks<JetContainer>
 
 #include "JetEvent/JetCollection.h"
 #include "ParticleEvent/ParticleLinks.h"
-#include "SGTools/CLASS_DEF.h"
+#include "AthenaKernel/CLASS_DEF.h"
 
 typedef  ParticleLinks<JetCollection> JetLinks ;
 typedef  ElementLink<JetCollection> JetLink ;
diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/MuonLinks.h b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/MuonLinks.h
index d52b0f68e4cc28e9b193e3fd944ae57491bfcf6e..ea8889a032fc0977e7d53f8981a9cbf9bf98f959 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/MuonLinks.h
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/MuonLinks.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 /***************************************************************************************
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ MuonLinks.h is needed to be able to add ParticleLinks<MuonContainer>
 
 #include "muonEvent/MuonContainer.h"
 #include "ParticleEvent/ParticleLinks.h"
-#include "SGTools/CLASS_DEF.h"
+#include "AthenaKernel/CLASS_DEF.h"
 
 typedef  ParticleLinks<Analysis::MuonContainer> MuonLinks ;
 typedef  ElementLink<Analysis::MuonContainer> MuonLink ;
diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/PhotonLinks.h b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/PhotonLinks.h
index c2dd4cc534c4c606b6aefe11ceb79897ba3c8d7b..54d9d00eaff5f8f9bec42deb92d389c218c428cc 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/PhotonLinks.h
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/PhotonLinks.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 /***************************************************************************************
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ PhotonLinks.h is needed to be able to add ParticleLinks<PhotonContainer>
 
 #include "egammaEvent/PhotonContainer.h"
 #include "ParticleEvent/ParticleLinks.h"
-#include "SGTools/CLASS_DEF.h"
+#include "AthenaKernel/CLASS_DEF.h"
 
 typedef  ParticleLinks<PhotonContainer> PhotonLinks ;
 typedef  ElementLink<PhotonContainer> PhotonLink ;
diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/TauJetLinks.h b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/TauJetLinks.h
index 95b4d232ceaaa59ecc60ee99b0e8ef66514eab1a..f0e0037cbebc4046cd83b6aff4386b90fb79ce57 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/TauJetLinks.h
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/TauJetLinks.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 /***************************************************************************************
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ TauJetLinks.h is needed to be able to add ParticleLinks<TauJetContainer>
 
 #include "tauEvent/TauJetContainer.h"
 #include "ParticleEvent/ParticleLinks.h"
-#include "SGTools/CLASS_DEF.h"
+#include "AthenaKernel/CLASS_DEF.h"
 
 typedef  ParticleLinks<Analysis::TauJetContainer> TauJetLinks ;
 typedef  ElementLink<Analysis::TauJetContainer> TauJetLink ;
diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/TrackLinks.h b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/TrackLinks.h
index 8cb42c68fe83ce4f9dc984b0927bff1f933fabe4..fa0814732c7a216b444098cdd51d3c805af7b838 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/TrackLinks.h
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/TrackLinks.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 /***************************************************************************************
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ TrackLinks.h is needed to be able to add ParticleLinks<TrackParticleContainer>
 
 #include "ParticleEvent/ParticleLinks.h"
 #include "Particle/TrackParticleContainer.h"
-#include "SGTools/CLASS_DEF.h"
+#include "AthenaKernel/CLASS_DEF.h"
 
 typedef  ParticleLinks<Rec::TrackParticleContainer> TrackLinks ;
 typedef  ElementLink<Rec::TrackParticleContainer> TrackLink ;
diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/TruthParticleLinks.h b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/TruthParticleLinks.h
index 41afcc0f65a234e5200026a2e854fb6b76af6c2b..45581cabc1d2be3ed799afcc33db8af0d5c8a70c 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/TruthParticleLinks.h
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/PhysicsElementLinks/PhysicsElementLinks/TruthParticleLinks.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 /***************************************************************************************
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ TruthParticleLinks.h is needed to be able to add ParticleLinks<TruthParticleCont
 
 #include "McParticleEvent/TruthParticleContainer.h"
 #include "ParticleEvent/ParticleLinks.h"
-#include "SGTools/CLASS_DEF.h"
+#include "AthenaKernel/CLASS_DEF.h"
 
 typedef  ParticleLinks<TruthParticleContainer> TruthParticleLinks ;
 typedef  ElementLink<TruthParticleContainer> TruthParticleLink ;