diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfn32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfn32.c
index 58ad63d7eb42..9c7f3e136d50 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfn32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfn32.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Support for n32 Linux/MIPS ELF binaries.
+ * Author: Ralf Baechle (ralf@linux-mips.org)
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999, 2001 Ralf Baechle
  * Copyright (C) 1999, 2001 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ typedef elf_fpreg_t elf_fpregset_t[ELF_NFPREG];
 #define ELF_ET_DYN_BASE		(TASK32_SIZE / 3 * 2)
 
 #include <asm/processor.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/elfcore.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/math64.h>
@@ -96,12 +96,6 @@ jiffies_to_compat_timeval(unsigned long jiffies, struct compat_timeval *value)
 
 #define ELF_CORE_EFLAGS EF_MIPS_ABI2
 
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Binary format loader for compatibility with n32 Linux/MIPS binaries");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Ralf Baechle (ralf@linux-mips.org)");
-
-#undef MODULE_DESCRIPTION
-#undef MODULE_AUTHOR
-
 #undef TASK_SIZE
 #define TASK_SIZE TASK_SIZE32
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfo32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfo32.c
index 49fb881481f7..1ab34322dd97 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfo32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfo32.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Support for o32 Linux/MIPS ELF binaries.
+ * Author: Ralf Baechle (ralf@linux-mips.org)
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999, 2001 Ralf Baechle
  * Copyright (C) 1999, 2001 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ typedef elf_fpreg_t elf_fpregset_t[ELF_NFPREG];
 
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 
-#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/elfcore.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/math64.h>
@@ -99,12 +99,6 @@ jiffies_to_compat_timeval(unsigned long jiffies, struct compat_timeval *value)
 	value->tv_usec = rem / NSEC_PER_USEC;
 }
 
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Binary format loader for compatibility with o32 Linux/MIPS binaries");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Ralf Baechle (ralf@linux-mips.org)");
-
-#undef MODULE_DESCRIPTION
-#undef MODULE_AUTHOR
-
 #undef TASK_SIZE
 #define TASK_SIZE TASK_SIZE32
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/branch.c b/arch/mips/kernel/branch.c
index 46c227fc98f5..f5c68483c98e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/branch.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/branch.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/signal.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
 #include <asm/branch.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/cpu-features.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
index 0b29646bcee7..50fb62544df7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/personality.h>
 #include <linux/dnotify.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/binfmts.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/mips-r2-to-r6-emul.c b/arch/mips/kernel/mips-r2-to-r6-emul.c
index 0a7e10b5f9e3..22dedd62818a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/mips-r2-to-r6-emul.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/mips-r2-to-r6-emul.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
index 0e131c9c39f6..7ebb1918e2ac 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/threads.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/timex.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>