diff --git a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
index 88b462c23235f447009529d1b85dc2c3760f2c46..b0e37f701b85d1b1d4db72c58875fc82f3408010 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages engineering)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gnome)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gtk)
   #:use-module (gnu packages guile)
-  #:use-module ((gnu packages linux) #:select (eudev)) ; FIXME: for pcb
+  #:use-module (gnu packages linux)               ;FIXME: for pcb
   #:use-module (gnu packages maths)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
index 2a3749fb5c18dab8434739ba76b4ec2fdbc80442..cd6fc3b2fdcffcd71545526c8de91f4f98de6523 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages gcc)
   #:use-module (gnu packages multiprecision)
   #:use-module (gnu packages texinfo)
   #:use-module (gnu packages elf)
-  #:use-module ((gnu packages perl) #:select (perl))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/moe.scm b/gnu/packages/moe.scm
index bd7c2a6d490020284416b239640eb37f6e5e5707..6708d729135903e9c0472c5f18545cfb9cddd218 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/moe.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/moe.scm
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 ;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 (define-module (gnu packages moe)
-  #:use-module (guix licenses)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:select (gpl3+))
   #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
-  #:use-module ((gnu packages compression) #:select (lzip))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
index b056bd09e349677db4a6b9fe0049e231dfe285fd..131cbcd9a7c52bbb6c01a2a53ebe84ee482bff0b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages package-management)
   #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:select (gpl2+ gpl3+ lgpl2.1+))
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages guile)
-  #:use-module ((gnu packages compression) #:select (bzip2 gzip))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gnupg)
   #:use-module (gnu packages databases)
   #:use-module (gnu packages graphviz)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/photo.scm b/gnu/packages/photo.scm
index 164f6e27ea345c19e3a965d3be703950acf54261..bf3c76c51eb24d6d2c6b598bbcd35e49e7310663 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/photo.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/photo.scm
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages photo)
   #:use-module (gnu packages readline)
   #:use-module (gnu packages popt)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
-  #:use-module ((gnu packages base) #:select (tzdata)))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages base))
 
 (define-public libexif
   (package
diff --git a/gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm b/gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm
index edf01e59fae1585ac505ece4abe6703ea059e323..c7c5611eb5e2596be18f0bdab1613e13d33956e9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages pulseaudio)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages algebra)
-  #:use-module ((gnu packages autotools) #:select (libltdl))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
   #:use-module (gnu packages avahi)
   #:use-module (gnu packages check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gdbm)