diff --git a/include/sound/asequencer.h b/include/sound/asequencer.h
index 728efd504262a427affbbb6479ea26ad3ab93afe..562637b4884b302977a8c7cba399f62bcb88b645 100644
--- a/include/sound/asequencer.h
+++ b/include/sound/asequencer.h
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@
 #ifndef __SOUND_ASEQUENCER_H
 #define __SOUND_ASEQUENCER_H
 
-#ifndef __KERNEL__
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
-#endif
-
 #include <sound/asound.h>
+#endif
 
 /** version of the sequencer */
 #define SNDRV_SEQ_VERSION SNDRV_PROTOCOL_VERSION (1, 0, 1)
diff --git a/include/sound/asound.h b/include/sound/asound.h
index 8e552d627fa58629dce85cf3408e077f99f132b2..1389704d8d61e81d5583a7e21ee8aa7f2a551713 100644
--- a/include/sound/asound.h
+++ b/include/sound/asound.h
@@ -23,12 +23,8 @@
 #ifndef __SOUND_ASOUND_H
 #define __SOUND_ASOUND_H
 
-#if defined(LINUX) || defined(__LINUX__) || defined(__linux__)
-
-#include <linux/ioctl.h>
-
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
-
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
@@ -43,25 +39,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#else /* !__KERNEL__ */
-
-#include <endian.h>
-#if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#define SNDRV_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#elif __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
-#define SNDRV_BIG_ENDIAN
-#else
-#error "Unsupported endian..."
-#endif
-
-#endif /* __KERNEL **/
-
-#endif /* LINUX */
-
-#ifndef __KERNEL__
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#endif
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ **/
 
 /*
  *  protocol version