diff --git a/OnlineDB/CSCCondDB/src/CSCFitAFEBThr.cc b/OnlineDB/CSCCondDB/src/CSCFitAFEBThr.cc
index e71f97e64008a..76bf50c82ae0f 100644
--- a/OnlineDB/CSCCondDB/src/CSCFitAFEBThr.cc
+++ b/OnlineDB/CSCCondDB/src/CSCFitAFEBThr.cc
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#include "Minuit2/VariableMetricMinimizer.h"
 #include "Minuit2/FunctionMinimum.h"
 
 #include <OnlineDB/CSCCondDB/interface/CSCFitAFEBThr.h>
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ bool CSCFitAFEBThr::ThresholdNoise(const std::vector<float>& inputx,
   //                                               <<" "<<ery[i]<<std::endl;
 
   /// Fit  as 1D, <=500 iterations, edm=10**-5 (->0.1)
-  FunctionMinimum fmin = theFitter->Minimize(*theOBJfun, parinit, erparinit, 1, 500, 0.1);
+  FunctionMinimum fmin = theFitter->Minimize(*theOBJfun, {parinit, erparinit}, MnStrategy{1}, 500, 0.1);
 
   status = fmin.IsValid();
 
diff --git a/RecoVertex/BeamSpotProducer/interface/BSFitter.h b/RecoVertex/BeamSpotProducer/interface/BSFitter.h
index 4048720f73fa6..7bac767a69497 100644
--- a/RecoVertex/BeamSpotProducer/interface/BSFitter.h
+++ b/RecoVertex/BeamSpotProducer/interface/BSFitter.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ ________________________________________________________________**/
 // ROOT
 #include "TMatrixD.h"
 #include "TMath.h"
-#include "Minuit2/VariableMetricMinimizer.h"
 #include "TH1F.h"
 
 // C++ standard
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ class BSFitter {
   TH1F *GetVzHisto() { return h1z; }
 
 private:
-  ROOT::Minuit2::ModularFunctionMinimizer *theFitter;
   //BSzFcn* theGausszFcn;
   BSpdfsFcn *thePDF;
 
diff --git a/RecoVertex/BeamSpotProducer/src/BSFitter.cc b/RecoVertex/BeamSpotProducer/src/BSFitter.cc
index 79f7fb5f290a7..6e3f824c006ec 100644
--- a/RecoVertex/BeamSpotProducer/src/BSFitter.cc
+++ b/RecoVertex/BeamSpotProducer/src/BSFitter.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 ________________________________________________________________**/
 
-#include "Minuit2/VariableMetricMinimizer.h"
 #include "Minuit2/FunctionMinimum.h"
 #include "Minuit2/MnPrint.h"
 #include "Minuit2/MnMigrad.h"
@@ -70,11 +69,6 @@ BSFitter::BSFitter(const std::vector<BSTrkParameters> &BSvector) {
   //if (theGausszFcn == 0 ) {
   thePDF = new BSpdfsFcn();
 
-  //}
-  //if (theFitter == 0 ) {
-
-  theFitter = new VariableMetricMinimizer();
-
   //}
 
   fapplyd0cut = false;
@@ -95,7 +89,6 @@ BSFitter::BSFitter(const std::vector<BSTrkParameters> &BSvector) {
 BSFitter::~BSFitter() {
   //delete fBSvector;
   delete thePDF;
-  delete theFitter;
 }
 
 //______________________________________________________________________
@@ -271,7 +264,6 @@ reco::BeamSpot BSFitter::Fit_z_likelihood(double *inipar) {
   thePDF->SetData(fBSvector);
   //std::cout << "data loaded"<< std::endl;
 
-  //FunctionMinimum fmin = theFitter->Minimize(*theGausszFcn, par, err, 1, 500, 0.1);
   MnUserParameters upar;
   upar.Add("X0", 0., 0.);
   upar.Add("Y0", 0., 0.);