diff --git a/lisp/apropos.el b/lisp/apropos.el
index 9debdfb19ce..595db1d2f8e 100644
--- a/lisp/apropos.el
+++ b/lisp/apropos.el
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@
 
 ;;; Code:
 
-(require 'button)
-
 (defgroup apropos nil
   "Apropos commands for users and programmers."
   :group 'help
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-print.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-print.el
index 1043cf7b175..0375c57f77d 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-print.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-print.el
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 
 ;;; Code:
 
-(require 'button)
-
 (defvar cl-print-readably nil
   "If non-nil, try and make sure the result can be `read'.")
 
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el
index 0e4135b253e..11ef836563d 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 
 (require 'cl-lib)
 (require 'backtrace)
-(require 'button)
 
 (defgroup debugger nil
   "Debuggers and related commands for Emacs."
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert.el
index baa04f2c6af..7442a247f9e 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert.el
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 ;;; Code:
 
 (require 'cl-lib)
-(require 'button)
 (require 'debug)
 (require 'backtrace)
 (require 'easymenu)
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/shadow.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/shadow.el
index dd614dd792c..f1863869dd3 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/shadow.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/shadow.el
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ See the documentation for `list-load-path-shadows' for further information."
 	buffer-read-only t))
 
 ;; TODO use text-properties instead, a la dired.
-(require 'button)
 (define-button-type 'load-path-shadows-find-file
   'follow-link t
 ;;  'face 'default
diff --git a/lisp/facemenu.el b/lisp/facemenu.el
index 3ed4b54d223..e7f3f7bb03b 100644
--- a/lisp/facemenu.el
+++ b/lisp/facemenu.el
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@
 ;;; Code:
 
 (eval-when-compile
-  (require 'help)
-  (require 'button))
+  (require 'help))
 
 ;; Global bindings:
 (define-key global-map [C-down-mouse-2] 'facemenu-menu)
diff --git a/lisp/help-mode.el b/lisp/help-mode.el
index f0770fb6602..732e6cc28dd 100644
--- a/lisp/help-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/help-mode.el
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 
 ;;; Code:
 
-(require 'button)
 (require 'cl-lib)
 (eval-when-compile (require 'easymenu))
 
diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el
index 07af5ea0ff0..991b1bb60e5 100644
--- a/lisp/man.el
+++ b/lisp/man.el
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
 
 (require 'ansi-color)
 (require 'cl-lib)
-(require 'button)
 
 (defgroup man nil
   "Browse UNIX manual pages."
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/etags.el b/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
index 8879726ad59..104d889b8be 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 ;;   prefixes but somewhere within the name.
 
 (require 'ring)
-(require 'button)
 (require 'xref)
 (require 'fileloop)
 
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/bibtex.el b/lisp/textmodes/bibtex.el
index 4dc68c40044..77fc6990d9c 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/bibtex.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/bibtex.el
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
 
 ;;; Code:
 
-(require 'button)
-
 
 ;; User Options:
 
diff --git a/lisp/woman.el b/lisp/woman.el
index 96ae7fe5794..33a6a0dfbdb 100644
--- a/lisp/woman.el
+++ b/lisp/woman.el
@@ -404,7 +404,6 @@
 (make-obsolete-variable 'woman-version nil "28.1")
 
 (require 'man)
-(require 'button)
 (define-button-type 'WoMan-xref-man-page
   :supertype 'Man-abstract-xref-man-page
   'func (lambda (arg)