diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e9fea7d..f846001 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Add the following in your `pom.xml`:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.noleme</groupId>
     <artifactId>noleme-vault</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.2</version>
+    <version>0.16.3</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 03a437e..9973ee3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.noleme</groupId>
     <artifactId>noleme-vault</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.2</version>
+    <version>0.16.3</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>Noleme Vault</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/noleme/vault/container/register/ScopedDefinitions.java b/src/main/java/com/noleme/vault/container/register/ScopedDefinitions.java
index 73d754e..aff77c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/noleme/vault/container/register/ScopedDefinitions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/noleme/vault/container/register/ScopedDefinitions.java
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ public class ScopedDefinitions extends Definitions
 {
     private final String scope;
     private final String uid;
+    private int activeReferenceCount;
 
     public ScopedDefinitions(String scope)
     {
         this.scope = scope;
         this.uid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        this.activeReferenceCount = 0;
     }
 
     public String scope()
@@ -33,4 +35,15 @@ public ScopedDefinitions applyScope()
 
         return this;
     }
+
+    public ScopedDefinitions incrementActiveReferenceCount()
+    {
+        this.activeReferenceCount++;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isActivelyReferenced()
+    {
+        return this.activeReferenceCount > 0;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/noleme/vault/parser/VaultCompositeParser.java b/src/main/java/com/noleme/vault/parser/VaultCompositeParser.java
index d85f553..5b00c78 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/noleme/vault/parser/VaultCompositeParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/noleme/vault/parser/VaultCompositeParser.java
@@ -2,19 +2,20 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import com.noleme.commons.container.Lists;
+import com.noleme.json.Json;
+import com.noleme.json.JsonException;
 import com.noleme.vault.container.register.Definitions;
 import com.noleme.vault.exception.VaultParserException;
 import com.noleme.vault.exception.VaultStructureException;
 import com.noleme.vault.parser.adjuster.VaultAdjuster;
 import com.noleme.vault.parser.module.*;
 import com.noleme.vault.parser.module.scope.ScopeModule;
+import com.noleme.vault.parser.module.scope.ScopePruningModule;
 import com.noleme.vault.parser.preprocessor.VaultPreprocessor;
 import com.noleme.vault.parser.resolver.FlexibleResolver;
 import com.noleme.vault.parser.resolver.VaultResolver;
 import com.noleme.vault.parser.resolver.source.Source;
-import com.noleme.commons.container.Lists;
-import com.noleme.json.Json;
-import com.noleme.json.JsonException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ public static List<VaultModule> defaultPostModules()
             new VariableReplacementModule(),
             new ScopeModule(),
             new TagModule(),
-            new ServiceModule()
+            new ServiceModule(),
+            new ScopePruningModule()
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/noleme/vault/parser/module/scope/ScopePruningModule.java b/src/main/java/com/noleme/vault/parser/module/scope/ScopePruningModule.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11144fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/noleme/vault/parser/module/scope/ScopePruningModule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.noleme.vault.parser.module.scope;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import com.noleme.vault.container.register.Definitions;
+import com.noleme.vault.container.register.ScopedDefinitions;
+import com.noleme.vault.exception.VaultParserException;
+import com.noleme.vault.parser.module.VaultModule;
+
+/**
+ * @author Pierre LECERF (pierre@noleme.com)
+ * Created on 27/12/2021
+ */
+public class ScopePruningModule implements VaultModule
+{
+    @Override
+    public String identifier()
+    {
+        return "scopes";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void process(ObjectNode node, Definitions definitions) throws VaultParserException
+    {
+        /* We loop over all scoped definitions and check if they are still actively referenced (ie. the ScopedImportExtractor did find services using them) */
+        for (ScopedDefinitions scope : definitions.scopes().values())
+        {
+            if (scope.isActivelyReferenced())
+                continue;
+
+            for (String inactiveScopedService : scope.services().keys())
+                definitions.services().remove(inactiveScopedService);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/noleme/vault/parser/module/service/ScopedImportExtractor.java b/src/main/java/com/noleme/vault/parser/module/service/ScopedImportExtractor.java
index f67264c..b50d519 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/noleme/vault/parser/module/service/ScopedImportExtractor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/noleme/vault/parser/module/service/ScopedImportExtractor.java
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ public ServiceDefinition extract(ObjectNode json, Definitions definitions) throw
         if (!scope.services().has(expectedIdentifier))
             throw new VaultParserException("Service "+identifier+" makes a reference to a non-existing "+use+" service in scope "+from);
 
+        scope.incrementActiveReferenceCount();
+
         Reference ref = scope.services().reference(expectedIdentifier);
 
         ServiceScopedImport def = new ServiceScopedImport(identifier, from, ref);