diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nnheader.el b/lisp/gnus/nnheader.el
index d30a7399493..2686cf93055 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/nnheader.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/nnheader.el
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ on your system, you could say something like:
 
 (autoload 'nnmail-message-id "nnmail")
 (autoload 'mail-position-on-field "sendmail")
-(autoload 'gnus-buffer-live-p "gnus-util")
 
 ;;; Header access macros.
 
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nnmail.el b/lisp/gnus/nnmail.el
index b6dbbea74cc..37f6e75b90e 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/nnmail.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/nnmail.el
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 (require 'mm-util)
 (require 'gnus-int)
 
-(autoload 'gnus-add-buffer "gnus")
-(autoload 'gnus-kill-buffer "gnus")
 (autoload 'mail-send-and-exit "sendmail" nil t)
 
 (defgroup nnmail nil