diff --git a/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/CSharp/NewtonSoftCSharpRenderer.ts b/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/CSharp/NewtonSoftCSharpRenderer.ts
index 4fbd16c23..0da8c1b39 100644
--- a/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/CSharp/NewtonSoftCSharpRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/CSharp/NewtonSoftCSharpRenderer.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ export class NewtonsoftCSharpRenderer extends CSharpRenderer {
 
     private readonly _needNamespaces: boolean;
 
+    private get needConverterClass(): boolean {
+        return (
+            this._needHelpers ||
+            (this._needAttributes && (this.haveNamedUnions || this.haveEnums))
+        );
+    }
+
     public constructor(
         targetLanguage: TargetLanguage,
         renderContext: RenderContext,
@@ -160,12 +167,14 @@ export class NewtonsoftCSharpRenderer extends CSharpRenderer {
         super.emitUsings();
         this.ensureBlankLine();
 
-        for (const ns of [
-            "System.Globalization",
-            "Newtonsoft.Json",
-            "Newtonsoft.Json.Converters",
-        ]) {
-            this.emitUsing(ns);
+        if (this.needConverterClass) {
+            this.emitUsing("System.Globalization");
+        }
+
+        this.emitUsing("Newtonsoft.Json");
+
+        if (this.needConverterClass) {
+            this.emitUsing("Newtonsoft.Json.Converters");
         }
 
         if (this._options.dense) {
@@ -1177,10 +1186,7 @@ export class NewtonsoftCSharpRenderer extends CSharpRenderer {
             this.emitSerializeClass();
         }
 
-        if (
-            this._needHelpers ||
-            (this._needAttributes && (this.haveNamedUnions || this.haveEnums))
-        ) {
+        if (this.needConverterClass) {
             this.ensureBlankLine();
             this.emitConverterClass();
             this.forEachTransformation("leading-and-interposing", (n, t) =>
diff --git a/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/CSharp/SystemTextJsonCSharpRenderer.ts b/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/CSharp/SystemTextJsonCSharpRenderer.ts
index 0a217e0ed..5e0ab1ad4 100644
--- a/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/CSharp/SystemTextJsonCSharpRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/CSharp/SystemTextJsonCSharpRenderer.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ export class SystemTextJsonCSharpRenderer extends CSharpRenderer {
 
     private readonly _needNamespaces: boolean;
 
+    private get needConverterClass(): boolean {
+        return (
+            this._needHelpers ||
+            (this._needAttributes && (this.haveNamedUnions || this.haveEnums))
+        );
+    }
+
     public constructor(
         targetLanguage: TargetLanguage,
         renderContext: RenderContext,
@@ -165,11 +172,14 @@ export class SystemTextJsonCSharpRenderer extends CSharpRenderer {
         for (const ns of [
             "System.Text.Json",
             "System.Text.Json.Serialization",
-            "System.Globalization",
         ]) {
             this.emitUsing(ns);
         }
 
+        if (this.needConverterClass) {
+            this.emitUsing("System.Globalization");
+        }
+
         if (this._options.dense) {
             this.emitUsing([
                 denseJsonPropertyName,
@@ -1299,10 +1309,7 @@ export class SystemTextJsonCSharpRenderer extends CSharpRenderer {
             this.emitSerializeClass();
         }
 
-        if (
-            this._needHelpers ||
-            (this._needAttributes && (this.haveNamedUnions || this.haveEnums))
-        ) {
+        if (this.needConverterClass) {
             this.ensureBlankLine();
             this.emitConverterClass();
             this.forEachTransformation("leading-and-interposing", (n, t) =>
diff --git a/test/unit/csharp-superfluous-usings.test.ts b/test/unit/csharp-superfluous-usings.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..999d2acfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/csharp-superfluous-usings.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+    InputData,
+    type RendererOptions,
+    jsonInputForTargetLanguage,
+    quicktype,
+} from "../../packages/quicktype-core/src/index.js";
+
+async function renderCSharp(rendererOptions: RendererOptions): Promise<string> {
+    const jsonInput = jsonInputForTargetLanguage("csharp");
+    await jsonInput.addSource({
+        name: "Sample",
+        samples: ['{"name":"Alice","age":30,"active":true}'],
+    });
+
+    const inputData = new InputData();
+    inputData.addInput(jsonInput);
+    const result = await quicktype({
+        inputData,
+        lang: "csharp",
+        rendererOptions,
+    });
+    return result.lines.join("\n");
+}
+
+describe("C# using statements", () => {
+    test("NewtonSoft attributes-only omits converter usings when no converter is emitted", async () => {
+        const output = await renderCSharp({
+            framework: "NewtonSoft",
+            features: "attributes-only",
+        });
+
+        expect(output).toContain("using Newtonsoft.Json;");
+        expect(output).not.toContain("using System.Globalization;");
+        expect(output).not.toContain("using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;");
+    });
+
+    test("SystemTextJson attributes-only omits globalization when no converter is emitted", async () => {
+        const output = await renderCSharp({
+            framework: "SystemTextJson",
+            features: "attributes-only",
+        });
+
+        expect(output).toContain("using System.Text.Json.Serialization;");
+        expect(output).not.toContain("using System.Globalization;");
+    });
+
+    test.each([
+        ["NewtonSoft", "using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;"],
+        ["SystemTextJson", "using System.Globalization;"],
+    ] as Array<
+        ["NewtonSoft" | "SystemTextJson", string]
+    >)("%s complete output keeps converter usings", async (framework, expectedUsing) => {
+        const output = await renderCSharp({ framework });
+
+        expect(output).toContain("using System.Globalization;");
+        expect(output).toContain(expectedUsing);
+        expect(output).toContain("IsoDateTime");
+    });
+});