diff --git a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp
index 56349bc205d6..819404bee3ae 100644
--- a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include "nsMsgUtils.h"
 #include "nsIMsgMailSession.h"
 #include "nsImapMessage.h"
-#include "nsIWebShell.h"
 #include "nsMsgBaseCID.h"
 #include "nsMsgLocalCID.h"
 #include "nsImapUndoTxn.h"
diff --git a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapProtocol.cpp b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapProtocol.cpp
index 4edfd4075512..306ee93e69d6 100644
--- a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapProtocol.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapProtocol.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include "nsImapServerResponseParser.h"
 #include "nspr.h"
 #include "plbase64.h"
-#include "nsIWebShell.h"
 #include "nsIImapService.h"
 #include "nsISocketTransportService.h"
 #include "nsNetUtil.h"
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ const char *kImapTrashFolderName = "Trash"; // **** needs to be localized ****
 
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kIOServiceCID, NS_IOSERVICE_CID);
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kSocketTransportServiceCID, NS_SOCKETTRANSPORTSERVICE_CID);
-static NS_DEFINE_IID(kIWebShell, NS_IWEB_SHELL_IID);
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kEventQueueServiceCID, NS_EVENTQUEUESERVICE_CID);
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kCImapService, NS_IMAPSERVICE_CID);
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kCharsetConverterManagerCID, NS_ICHARSETCONVERTERMANAGER_CID);
diff --git a/mailnews/local/src/nsMailboxProtocol.cpp b/mailnews/local/src/nsMailboxProtocol.cpp
index 02a4d3d23430..67cd47a78f2b 100644
--- a/mailnews/local/src/nsMailboxProtocol.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/local/src/nsMailboxProtocol.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include "nsFileStream.h"
 PRLogModuleInfo *MAILBOX;
 
-static NS_DEFINE_IID(kIWebShell, NS_IWEB_SHELL_IID);
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kCMailDB, NS_MAILDB_CID);
 
 
diff --git a/mailnews/news/src/nsNNTPProtocol.cpp b/mailnews/news/src/nsNNTPProtocol.cpp
index 276b59076283..d436ad0b3f3c 100644
--- a/mailnews/news/src/nsNNTPProtocol.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/news/src/nsNNTPProtocol.cpp
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@
 #include "nsIPipe.h"
 #include "nsCOMPtr.h"
 
-// mscott: this is a short term hack for the demo...we should be able to remove this webshell
-// dependency at a later date....
-#include "nsIWebShell.h"
-
 #include "nsMsgBaseCID.h"
 #include "nsMsgNewsCID.h"
 
@@ -136,7 +132,6 @@ char * NET_SACat (char **destination, const char *source);
 
 }
 
-static NS_DEFINE_IID(kIWebShell, NS_IWEB_SHELL_IID);  
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kPrefServiceCID, NS_PREF_CID);
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kCHeaderParserCID, NS_MSGHEADERPARSER_CID);
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kNNTPArticleListCID, NS_NNTPARTICLELIST_CID);