diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfn32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfn32.c
index 1188e00bb120..9fd86df3fcfa 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.
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ 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>
@@ -110,12 +110,6 @@ 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 928767858b86..bccbc0123c13 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.
@@ -72,7 +73,6 @@ 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>
@@ -129,12 +129,6 @@ 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 41dab26c5d69..56f166a48fbc 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 576a1b20bb0f..d163a8e0a617 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 4af08c197177..1ef11f46db5a 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>