diff --git a/include/boost/preprocessor/facilities/is_empty.hpp b/include/boost/preprocessor/facilities/is_empty.hpp
index d0403a9..46aadd3 100644
--- a/include/boost/preprocessor/facilities/is_empty.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/preprocessor/facilities/is_empty.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #
 # else
 #
-# include <boost/preprocessor/config/config.hpp>
 # if ~BOOST_PP_CONFIG_FLAGS() & BOOST_PP_CONFIG_MSVC() && ~BOOST_PP_CONFIG_FLAGS() & BOOST_PP_CONFIG_MWCC()
 # include <boost/preprocessor/tuple/elem.hpp>
 # include <boost/preprocessor/facilities/identity.hpp>
diff --git a/include/boost/preprocessor/tuple/elem.hpp b/include/boost/preprocessor/tuple/elem.hpp
index 0ee8a3f..99d0d45 100644
--- a/include/boost/preprocessor/tuple/elem.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/preprocessor/tuple/elem.hpp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #
 # include <boost/preprocessor/cat.hpp>
 # include <boost/preprocessor/config/config.hpp>
-# include <boost/preprocessor/facilities/expand.hpp>
 # include <boost/preprocessor/facilities/overload.hpp>
 # include <boost/preprocessor/tuple/rem.hpp>
 # include <boost/preprocessor/variadic/elem.hpp>
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
 #    if BOOST_PP_VARIADICS_MSVC
 #        define BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(...) BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM_I(BOOST_PP_OVERLOAD(BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM_O_, __VA_ARGS__), (__VA_ARGS__))
 #        define BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM_I(m, args) BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM_II(m, args)
-#        define BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM_II(m, args) BOOST_PP_CAT(BOOST_PP_EXPAND(m ## args),)
+#        define BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM_II(m, args) BOOST_PP_CAT(m ## args,)
 /*
   Use BOOST_PP_REM_CAT if it is a single element tuple ( which might be empty )
   else use BOOST_PP_REM. This fixes a VC++ problem with an empty tuple and BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM
diff --git a/include/boost/preprocessor/tuple/rem.hpp b/include/boost/preprocessor/tuple/rem.hpp
index fe8a7d2..ddd36a5 100644
--- a/include/boost/preprocessor/tuple/rem.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/preprocessor/tuple/rem.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #
 # include <boost/preprocessor/cat.hpp>
 # include <boost/preprocessor/config/config.hpp>
-# include <boost/preprocessor/facilities/expand.hpp>
 # include <boost/preprocessor/facilities/overload.hpp>
 # include <boost/preprocessor/tuple/detail/is_single_return.hpp>
 #
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@
 #    if BOOST_PP_VARIADICS_MSVC
 #        define BOOST_PP_TUPLE_REM_CTOR(...) BOOST_PP_TUPLE_REM_CTOR_I(BOOST_PP_OVERLOAD(BOOST_PP_TUPLE_REM_CTOR_O_, __VA_ARGS__), (__VA_ARGS__))
 #        define BOOST_PP_TUPLE_REM_CTOR_I(m, args) BOOST_PP_TUPLE_REM_CTOR_II(m, args)
-#        define BOOST_PP_TUPLE_REM_CTOR_II(m, args) BOOST_PP_CAT(BOOST_PP_EXPAND(m ## args),)
+#        define BOOST_PP_TUPLE_REM_CTOR_II(m, args) BOOST_PP_CAT(m ## args,)
 #    	 define BOOST_PP_TUPLE_REM_CTOR_O_1(tuple) BOOST_PP_TUPLE_IS_SINGLE_RETURN(BOOST_PP_REM_CAT,BOOST_PP_REM,tuple) tuple
 #    else
 #        define BOOST_PP_TUPLE_REM_CTOR(...) BOOST_PP_OVERLOAD(BOOST_PP_TUPLE_REM_CTOR_O_, __VA_ARGS__)(__VA_ARGS__)