diff --git a/absl/synchronization/BUILD.bazel b/absl/synchronization/BUILD.bazel
index 5e190c559c5cf4a03badcb0626bb8ac0961b3d95..354291f29b3e2119926dffac8bee6c443b4f690a 100644
--- a/absl/synchronization/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/absl/synchronization/BUILD.bazel
@@ -204,5 +204,6 @@ cc_test(
     deps = [
         ":synchronization",
         "//absl/base",
+        "//absl/base:core_headers",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/absl/types/BUILD.bazel b/absl/types/BUILD.bazel
index b10d7d2e822c9b2c54d768581fb642c0020def07..f98d9af429ce8e3b09e7a1f08c60c55d9ed3993b 100644
--- a/absl/types/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/absl/types/BUILD.bazel
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ cc_library(
         "//absl/base:core_headers",
         "//absl/base:throw_delegate",
         "//absl/meta:type_traits",
-        "//absl/strings",
     ],
 )