diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 06a0e27756516e047e5df59b91d4b4fc8d81753f..6782dce93d018b15d0a789187c8179d023a991e7 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
-#include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 
 /* Per cpu memory for storing cpu states in case of system crash. */
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 0ac887882f908502425deeebcda4c678812443cb..92dd1bcaa0df08d652059266c87ea96622c139a1 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
-#include <asm/semaphore.h>
 
 #define KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL (-5)
 
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 5d437bffd8dc7a4219fe471eab6a8699ed08e3df..8d6cccc6c3cf99870f76b00202a2775bd5e2a54f 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/unwind.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
-#include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <linux/license.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
@@ -664,7 +663,7 @@ static void free_module(struct module *mod);
 
 static void wait_for_zero_refcount(struct module *mod)
 {
-	/* Since we might sleep for some time, drop the semaphore first */
+	/* Since we might sleep for some time, release the mutex first */
 	mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
 	for (;;) {
 		DEBUGP("Looking at refcount...\n");
diff --git a/kernel/posix-timers.c b/kernel/posix-timers.c
index a9b04203a66d217096aab486069995c24757788c..8476956ffd9238a378f6c5671649900776939dd0 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
-#include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index 3b7a1b055122a698c0f97a05eae8cbe6a229bb6f..606d7387265ccee0c030c0afdf317ede0d943f26 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
-#include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #include <asm/irq_regs.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 
diff --git a/kernel/stop_machine.c b/kernel/stop_machine.c
index 6f4e0e13f70c337c531be43b0d3cc5296c972c71..3da3c2c6702dd02944c1455622414ea3600f02cb 100644
--- a/kernel/stop_machine.c
+++ b/kernel/stop_machine.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
-#include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
 /* Since we effect priority and affinity (both of which are visible