diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/Kconfig
index f4cf9b23481e0ffad692f3158ded5fec6a069151..621570a77bcc52addf6f22fe97521856fdece198 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/Kconfig
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ config BRCMFMAC
 	depends on WLAN && CFG80211
 	select BRCMUTIL
 	select FW_LOADER
-	select WIRELESS_EXT
-	select WEXT_PRIV
 	---help---
 	  This module adds support for embedded wireless adapters based on
 	  Broadcom IEEE802.11n FullMAC chipsets.  This driver uses the kernel's
diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
index 833defb0d9b08a0cafcee7bbef21bbfe994307a6..def1f777f0c9356f0a2d57ca7f64963924b8d602 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
-#include <linux/wireless.h>
 #include <linux/ieee80211.h>
 #include <linux/mmc/sdio_func.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>