diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
index c1f1ff29e9799a22d97100635477d864dece5a09..31ea752d307be15132530cbc1f7aa9ad1b97c630 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
@@ -683,9 +683,9 @@ int copy_thread(int nr, unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
 		  ((unsigned long) child_sf) - STACK_BIAS;
 
 		/* Special case, if we are spawning a kernel thread from
-		 * a userspace task (via KMOD, NFS, or similar) we must
-		 * disable performance counters in the child because the
-		 * address space and protection realm are changing.
+		 * a userspace task (usermode helper, NFS or similar), we
+		 * must disable performance counters in the child because
+		 * the address space and protection realm are changing.
 		 */
 		if (t->flags & _TIF_PERFCTR) {
 			t->user_cntd0 = t->user_cntd1 = NULL;
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c
index 0aa819c29dbc795b0c078a27a04dc6b25b59960e..bd30ecba563010bfced1ad54950875e59f160418 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/timer.h>
 #include <asm/head.h>
-#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
-#include <linux/kmod.h>
-#endif
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 
 #include "entry.h"