diff --git a/block/partitions/acorn.c b/block/partitions/acorn.c
index 7587700fad4a3634bdb3ef9b4f1031cdf4f05f39..c64c57b958bf5fa60431d207592406f3b7122f2e 100644
--- a/block/partitions/acorn.c
+++ b/block/partitions/acorn.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <linux/adfs_fs.h>
 
 #include "check.h"
-#include "acorn.h"
 
 /*
  * Partition types. (Oh for reusability)
diff --git a/block/partitions/acorn.h b/block/partitions/acorn.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 67b06601ca4c94ad7349374dfba6cf1c3e164a27..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/block/partitions/acorn.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-/*
- * linux/fs/partitions/acorn.h
- *
- * Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Russell King.
- *
- *  I _hate_ this partitioning mess - why can't we have one defined
- *  format, and everyone stick to it?
- */
-
-int adfspart_check_CUMANA(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-int adfspart_check_ADFS(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-int adfspart_check_ICS(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-int adfspart_check_POWERTEC(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-int adfspart_check_EESOX(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/aix.c b/block/partitions/aix.c
index 903f3ed175d0263344fe33ecbe19dfaeffcb202e..c7b4fd1a4a97701cb4cf77896f6281d5333dc9c5 100644
--- a/block/partitions/aix.c
+++ b/block/partitions/aix.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "check.h"
-#include "aix.h"
 
 struct lvm_rec {
 	char lvm_id[4]; /* "_LVM" */
diff --git a/block/partitions/aix.h b/block/partitions/aix.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b4449f0b9f2b59a20b52ed131e95b60f83d4e7d6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/block/partitions/aix.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-extern int aix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/amiga.c b/block/partitions/amiga.c
index 7fecc760b78f9482145593792ef28a31025fa3f9..9526491d9aed13b25f345e59c5ae0796bbe7b811 100644
--- a/block/partitions/amiga.c
+++ b/block/partitions/amiga.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <linux/affs_hardblocks.h>
 
 #include "check.h"
-#include "amiga.h"
 
 static __inline__ u32
 checksum_block(__be32 *m, int size)
diff --git a/block/partitions/amiga.h b/block/partitions/amiga.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e63f4d9d969b9aff9b1095504fe5cb67685ff6d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/block/partitions/amiga.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-/*
- *  fs/partitions/amiga.h
- */
-
-int amiga_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-
diff --git a/block/partitions/atari.h b/block/partitions/atari.h
index 01c2b9457394c081283f3ad64bc51f4838174157..678202442fd3738b47df11cbd8bc1a967a697277 100644
--- a/block/partitions/atari.h
+++ b/block/partitions/atari.h
@@ -34,4 +34,3 @@ struct rootsector
   u16 checksum;			/* checksum for bootable disks */
 } __packed;
 
-int atari_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/check.c b/block/partitions/check.c
index 8fe46881ef633816e1ad523c8ac9e6dff52b7c7e..944c478b6f0bc40e257cf80e93970317198bdda5 100644
--- a/block/partitions/check.c
+++ b/block/partitions/check.c
@@ -21,22 +21,6 @@
 
 #include "check.h"
 
-#include "acorn.h"
-#include "amiga.h"
-#include "atari.h"
-#include "ldm.h"
-#include "mac.h"
-#include "msdos.h"
-#include "osf.h"
-#include "sgi.h"
-#include "sun.h"
-#include "ibm.h"
-#include "ultrix.h"
-#include "efi.h"
-#include "karma.h"
-#include "sysv68.h"
-#include "cmdline.h"
-
 static int (*check_part[])(struct parsed_partitions *) = {
 	/*
 	 * Probe partition formats with tables at disk address 0
diff --git a/block/partitions/check.h b/block/partitions/check.h
index 19852b494e9373de41eed261ee3da87d218c82e6..23e7adb79617c45c4b4bde2f08a5dc3cabdd1946 100644
--- a/block/partitions/check.h
+++ b/block/partitions/check.h
@@ -50,3 +50,25 @@ put_partition(struct parsed_partitions *p, int n, sector_t from, sector_t size)
 		strlcat(p->pp_buf, tmp, PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 }
+
+/* detection routines go here in alphabetical order: */
+int adfspart_check_ADFS(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int adfspart_check_CUMANA(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int adfspart_check_EESOX(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int adfspart_check_ICS(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int adfspart_check_POWERTEC(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int aix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int amiga_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int atari_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int cmdline_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int efi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int ibm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *);
+int karma_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int ldm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int mac_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int osf_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int sgi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int sun_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int sysv68_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int ultrix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/cmdline.c b/block/partitions/cmdline.c
index f1edd54522495637c05655f0e4e353c03204bdd8..8f545c36cde46d81c11e1ea5d3d254f1b5d485eb 100644
--- a/block/partitions/cmdline.c
+++ b/block/partitions/cmdline.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <linux/cmdline-parser.h>
 
 #include "check.h"
-#include "cmdline.h"
 
 static char *cmdline;
 static struct cmdline_parts *bdev_parts;
diff --git a/block/partitions/cmdline.h b/block/partitions/cmdline.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e64a31636a1fa3b2dd4cba822f49ccc6ffb5245a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/block/partitions/cmdline.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-
-int cmdline_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/efi.h b/block/partitions/efi.h
index 3e8576157575bfdc1d6f22c1a1ddde1ff12d757d..907bac5ce8f71fecc7033f623f0e5bf577cce210 100644
--- a/block/partitions/efi.h
+++ b/block/partitions/efi.h
@@ -113,7 +113,4 @@ typedef struct _legacy_mbr {
 	__le16 signature;
 } __packed legacy_mbr;
 
-/* Functions */
-extern int efi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-
 #endif
diff --git a/block/partitions/ibm.c b/block/partitions/ibm.c
index a5d480f807f352522eda8388c1e292f9c13d7088..073faa6a69b8afca444e417a1f79729bf097c135 100644
--- a/block/partitions/ibm.c
+++ b/block/partitions/ibm.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <asm/vtoc.h>
 
 #include "check.h"
-#include "ibm.h"
 
 
 union label_t {
diff --git a/block/partitions/ibm.h b/block/partitions/ibm.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 8bf13febb2b6ce60ac5e2a6edfdf0f33c2d97e9a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/block/partitions/ibm.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-int ibm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *);
diff --git a/block/partitions/karma.h b/block/partitions/karma.h
index 48e074d417fb6c1d24d48f356a082ff0349bbff7..1b5eec57ee0c3287e14da0b285d92f091336e847 100644
--- a/block/partitions/karma.h
+++ b/block/partitions/karma.h
@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@
  */
 
 #define KARMA_LABEL_MAGIC		0xAB56
-
-int karma_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-
diff --git a/block/partitions/ldm.h b/block/partitions/ldm.h
index 1ca63e97bcccf96699489c84431c732c5044612b..841580af7f9bd3487d7e5ad6f8e7eb210b149e3e 100644
--- a/block/partitions/ldm.h
+++ b/block/partitions/ldm.h
@@ -193,7 +193,5 @@ struct ldmdb {				/* Cache of the database */
 	struct list_head v_part;
 };
 
-int ldm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-
 #endif /* _FS_PT_LDM_H_ */
 
diff --git a/block/partitions/mac.h b/block/partitions/mac.h
index 453ed2964804f1ece892d707b728d80e4bd92403..0e41c9da75328b077196d5c7b223aab8e029fb9a 100644
--- a/block/partitions/mac.h
+++ b/block/partitions/mac.h
@@ -42,4 +42,3 @@ struct mac_driver_desc {
     /* ... more stuff */
 };
 
-int mac_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/msdos.c b/block/partitions/msdos.c
index 82c44f7df91130fd7a8484f7162a110aaf875a75..c572022f378186631a6b7da09dd81d8b19c97653 100644
--- a/block/partitions/msdos.c
+++ b/block/partitions/msdos.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "check.h"
 #include "msdos.h"
 #include "efi.h"
-#include "aix.h"
 
 /*
  * Many architectures don't like unaligned accesses, while
diff --git a/block/partitions/msdos.h b/block/partitions/msdos.h
index fcacfc48609213f69f23cf1bcda86e85a76f99ef..123e666bb932303c993a13ee796b80163ac36235 100644
--- a/block/partitions/msdos.h
+++ b/block/partitions/msdos.h
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@
 
 #define MSDOS_LABEL_MAGIC		0xAA55
 
-int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
 
diff --git a/block/partitions/osf.h b/block/partitions/osf.h
index 4d8088e7ea8cc7dcf64932a2978de2e1c689671a..80a58c382b3f41cbf26624244f1360a33132d376 100644
--- a/block/partitions/osf.h
+++ b/block/partitions/osf.h
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@
 
 #define DISKLABELMAGIC (0x82564557UL)
 
-int osf_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/sgi.h b/block/partitions/sgi.h
index a5b77c3987cf2c4947c092e0f31dd1bbcd96b7c4..372cdad19feaff226f2ea8602d006f1024a71baf 100644
--- a/block/partitions/sgi.h
+++ b/block/partitions/sgi.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  *  fs/partitions/sgi.h
  */
 
-extern int sgi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
 
 #define SGI_LABEL_MAGIC 0x0be5a941
 
diff --git a/block/partitions/sun.h b/block/partitions/sun.h
index ae1b9eed3fd73c7e4f181a4ad4f5383cbe7562fc..4c8877a5b52d3099c7cba72d4afd5fd9653c3730 100644
--- a/block/partitions/sun.h
+++ b/block/partitions/sun.h
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@
 #define SUN_LABEL_MAGIC          0xDABE
 #define SUN_VTOC_SANITY          0x600DDEEE
 
-int sun_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/sysv68.c b/block/partitions/sysv68.c
index 92e810826b01f37eb6a666f8133767815878d89c..6f6257fd4eb4e9f05b96b844327a02f014711e42 100644
--- a/block/partitions/sysv68.c
+++ b/block/partitions/sysv68.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "check.h"
-#include "sysv68.h"
 
 /*
  *	Volume ID structure: on first 256-bytes sector of disk
diff --git a/block/partitions/sysv68.h b/block/partitions/sysv68.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fb6b8ec78aeda5e4ac7d7b056b6fda656014f02..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/block/partitions/sysv68.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-extern int sysv68_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/ultrix.c b/block/partitions/ultrix.c
index ecd0d7346c3dabf1af4f55dc68687e8aad9b5596..4aaa81043ca0a998e0becf89631071689ad13cee 100644
--- a/block/partitions/ultrix.c
+++ b/block/partitions/ultrix.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "check.h"
-#include "ultrix.h"
 
 int ultrix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
diff --git a/block/partitions/ultrix.h b/block/partitions/ultrix.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f676cead222af78e3d651f5b678fb884c495d25..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/block/partitions/ultrix.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-/*
- *  fs/partitions/ultrix.h
- */
-
-int ultrix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);