diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
index 372466b371bf8c855944b2007efaa0ec7ba69fcf..d6d82577cabeb76723238c79cb0dc4e91cdd4671 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_ARC_ARCREGS_H
 #define _ASM_ARC_ARCREGS_H
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 /* Build Configuration Registers */
 #define ARC_REG_DCCMBASE_BCR	0x61	/* DCCM Base Addr */
 #define ARC_REG_CRC_BCR		0x62
@@ -321,6 +319,4 @@ extern struct cpuinfo_arc cpuinfo_arc700[];
 
 #endif /* __ASEMBLY__ */
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
-
 #endif /* _ASM_ARC_ARCREGS_H */
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/atomic.h
index 83f03ca6caf6c7f09f171a66581d062a7333ccdd..6638a0392f4e345b215b504dee1e608ee2b15ae2 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_ARC_ATOMIC_H
 #define _ASM_ARC_ATOMIC_H
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -228,5 +226,3 @@ static inline void atomic_clear_mask(unsigned long mask, unsigned long *addr)
 #endif
 
 #endif
-
-#endif
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/bitops.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/bitops.h
index ebc0cf3164dcc6b3a1f8a14c0ba7df66ee05648f..1a5bf07eefe2d445861ecafd2ac03b0b36e9c458 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/bitops.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/bitops.h
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #error only <linux/bitops.h> can be included directly
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -508,6 +506,4 @@ static inline __attribute__ ((const)) int __ffs(unsigned long word)
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
-
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/current.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/current.h
index 87b918585c4adc94d530059679e8360f8687f3b6..c2453ee628013700d899a8a47553c7d51a4e6cef 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/current.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/current.h
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_ARC_CURRENT_H
 #define _ASM_ARC_CURRENT_H
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARC_CURR_IN_REG
@@ -27,6 +25,4 @@ register struct task_struct *curr_arc asm("r25");
 
 #endif /* ! __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
-#endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
-
 #endif /* _ASM_ARC_CURRENT_H */
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/irqflags.h
index 587df8236e8b4c91e896893522f7b060c3cc6d0d..742816f1b2101e2e8ef090ea9d14d444ae97aec8 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/irqflags.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/irqflags.h
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
  *  -Conditionally disable interrupts (if they are not enabled, don't disable)
 */
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 #include <asm/arcregs.h>
 
 /* status32 Reg bits related to Interrupt Handling */
@@ -169,6 +167,4 @@ static inline int arch_irqs_disabled(void)
 
 #endif	/* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
-#endif	/* KERNEL */
-
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h
index 82588f3ba77f6b940fd8aa607af34d049614a993..08fbe2e9d4cc8c959b808d300476bf32b33cc281 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_ARC_PROCESSOR_H
 #define __ASM_ARC_PROCESSOR_H
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
@@ -128,6 +126,4 @@ extern unsigned int get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
  */
 #define TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE      (TASK_SIZE / 3)
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
-
 #endif /* __ASM_ARC_PROCESSOR_H */
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/string.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/string.h
index 87676c8f14121e18f178a97ad8475f75b1c7f007..95822b550a18add505329b958035aaa87be7d66d 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/string.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/string.h
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCMP
@@ -36,5 +34,4 @@ extern char *strcpy(char *dest, const char *src);
 extern int strcmp(const char *cs, const char *ct);
 extern __kernel_size_t strlen(const char *);
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _ASM_ARC_STRING_H */
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/syscalls.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/syscalls.h
index dd785befe7fd1eaa3b6b7d5df5ee8ef77e849587..e56f9fcc558133277ca03d93461a56da5f02a4b9 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/syscalls.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/syscalls.h
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_ARC_SYSCALLS_H
 #define _ASM_ARC_SYSCALLS_H  1
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -22,6 +20,4 @@ int sys_arc_gettls(void);
 
 #include <asm-generic/syscalls.h>
 
-#endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
-
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 45be2167201183172695d0a788c0b20b87ec7ce2..02bc5ec0fb2e4e813249aeb42d04bb97aea8f4e9 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_THREAD_INFO_H
 #define _ASM_THREAD_INFO_H
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_16KSTACKS
@@ -114,6 +112,4 @@ static inline __attribute_const__ struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
  * syscall, so all that reamins to be tested is _TIF_WORK_MASK
  */
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
-
 #endif /* _ASM_THREAD_INFO_H */