diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index 72f9a619a66d8055b03df676979b0645879c7160..973c5c3705e3f08d2669d08f1a15ae0df44c85b8 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/timex.h>
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
index 9aed477637871a88b493a020eb8ed149e44ded61..96ed82fd9eef94b775de953ff41872cbdc266f3e 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
index 74c3466256586800730be7e19c94421a2050b877..4e71ebb4ed494ee5b64f85ca0167859af444eb6b 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/screen_info.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 436380a5f4c75eccf641921fc8c121a11125d0ac..46bf2ede612840b84eb3f7994c4cc85ae0d4c076 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
index 023dc80af1875864d8f350334fd5858e0ea78799..6b8459c661631b1ce9364bb50a6da36c3103766a 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/process.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/process.c
index 5f45567318df2367c3dd98e954dc0c663483463d..5de4e4ed76abd4daf3f2483c2df36d2ede861d74 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/process.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/init_task.h>
 #include <linux/mqueue.h>
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c
index 97f556fa493290822dea1673986d1b269c23bcfe..fd4858e2dd638d456636dee4dcdc9b9134c34b3c 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
index a248e81caa0e414c5ba2c202a10117ebc4f66582..19186ce8850d15768e8b322a8d3b5a2d79e1728b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/setup.c
index d07bc74773aa4c2bfa063a8090a0b0efe95dda52..3cf78f160846bf68432f762285fab8a7644e8e3c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/screen_info.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sparc_ksyms.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sparc_ksyms.c
index 62f6221db74f0442151117663e42f1f8a5a6f57a..c1025e5516507c5246f48f5b0c67144cc07161fd 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sparc_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sparc_ksyms.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
 #include <asm/ebus.h>
 #endif
-#include <asm/a.out.h>
 #include <asm/io-unit.h>
 #include <asm/bug.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/loadmmu.c b/arch/sparc/mm/loadmmu.c
index 36b4d24988f8f64c75cbfdca09b7b9ca499cd730..2d9cd65160a4297321289bec9df441715c28a8cc 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/loadmmu.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/loadmmu.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
-#include <asm/a.out.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/oplib.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c b/arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c
index 17b485f2825c94345432e4fecb88b9903d4e94e7..dc98e3844a0a94363e1c9c5dc3f74e5522ce43a2 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <asm/sbus.h>
 #include <asm/asi.h>
 #include <asm/msi.h>
-#include <asm/a.out.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/io-unit.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/binfmt_elf32.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/binfmt_elf32.c
index d141300e76b7fe8231b5b51f2c8a6a70b8b4a484..a0718dc950f435406b221200d6492f31d91f2087 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/binfmt_elf32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/binfmt_elf32.c
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Eric Youngdale, David S. Miller, Jakub Jelinek");
 #undef MODULE_DESCRIPTION
 #undef MODULE_AUTHOR
 
-#include <asm/a.out.h>
-
 #undef TASK_SIZE
 #define TASK_SIZE STACK_TOP32
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
index 6e21785bb36d09d87686e697bfd5ab11f3ef8acc..1b23791749883ded9994463012181930be49bade 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/setup.c
index a813441b358f1355d9a732a530e7ef5160dcfba9..5964d8653ade61bba45ebd492c02bf2b664502a9 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/screen_info.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c
index 8649635d6d74f67e2b184903c3c1d3241fe3c47b..68db089303996498283df1cfe3466e0a71eaa6a8 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 #include <asm/ebus.h>
 #include <asm/isa.h>
 #endif
-#include <asm/a.out.h>
 #include <asm/ns87303.h>
 #include <asm/timer.h>
 #include <asm/cpudata.h>
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c
index c56573a10eee60d2080dbbd674acd6bf6f1bdd53..134d801579f92e5ce10a274e1de080b5702ca113 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/utrap.h>
 #include <asm/perfctr.h>
-#include <asm/a.out.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 
 /* #define DEBUG_UNIMP_SYSCALL */
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc32.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc32.c
index 98c468803ce35d345e72439280485fe546906ad2..deaba2bd0535fe10a372486a165fad134a5dccd4 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc32.c
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 #include <asm/fpumacro.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
-#include <asm/a.out.h>
 #include <asm/compat_signal.h>
 
 asmlinkage long sys32_chown16(const char __user * filename, u16 user, u16 group)
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/ksyms.c b/arch/um/kernel/ksyms.c
index 19ce9dbf46c37f8e2841d4c16b83f4cefeec941d..66e2a305a8d6b4e13169b4280dafbff20e7cf42b 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/ksyms.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 #include "linux/module.h"
 #include "linux/syscalls.h"
-#include "asm/a.out.h"
 #include "asm/tlbflush.h"
 #include "asm/uaccess.h"
 #include "as-layout.h"
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
index 78858068e24d9890d8f6a1f8dd4b36e778b52445..a7d50a547dc2a8a1be9f2af87a52226d95c6438c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 137a86171c393ac64fd0e6df392d40caad951b9f..b0cc8f0136d8096e9e4cdad316787f89d4f55a8c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
index a49f5f734a5e09d68f9fd1859e6c076405fb7059..c0d8208af12a2d92e4e5bee3baf6b52dadb3efd6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/screen_info.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ppc/mpc8xx.c b/drivers/ide/ppc/mpc8xx.c
index 06190b1c4ec5ef5e310223c2dbbee6414a5726b7..38fbfb8d5445fe8ee0c1d9825691186f58ef0957 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ppc/mpc8xx.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ppc/mpc8xx.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index 33764fd6db66122ff36b52fba3ebf95f26d4a5d7..d8a02f1e08ccbc16ba10c0be505d97237f5d21c0 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/mman.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/signal.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_som.c b/fs/binfmt_som.c
index 9208c41209f9a1b21c93ee74f7981346740fa844..14c63527c762d8cdc8fc443dec512bd4f34e194f 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_som.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_som.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <linux/personality.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 
-#include <asm/a.out.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index 7dd26e18cbfd6f4941f9744d47381ada5c4bfcfe..e78c81fcf547981f3aa99c7ebeca831af15e98f5 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
 #include <linux/elfcore.h>
diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
index 523e1098ae88f4d85fe87f9df388249e46af9adf..9ac0f5e064e09e99f58b428e933b2903a893a5b9 100644
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/user.h>
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
 #include <linux/elfcore.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc/uaccess.h b/include/asm-sparc/uaccess.h
index 3cf132e1aa2548c19c62cc885d063129b7ed05d2..366b11696ee3cddd18690964a9b791cf5ff3608a 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc/uaccess.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <asm/vac-ops.h>
-#include <asm/a.out.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/processor.h b/include/asm-sparc64/processor.h
index 48e74965c6e57c08649435b25881b4999dfaf4df..8da484c19822cc1d08d59d4fc635e06329ef2675 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/processor.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #define current_text_addr() ({ void *pc; __asm__("rd %%pc, %0" : "=r" (pc)); pc; })
 
 #include <asm/asi.h>
-#include <asm/a.out.h>
 #include <asm/pstate.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/uaccess.h b/include/asm-sparc64/uaccess.h
index 93720e7b0289250267dbc461b1defb9d4160e6e5..d8547b87e730e7db3c77efd372db27f04a06066d 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/uaccess.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <asm/a.out.h>
 #include <asm/asi.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/spitfire.h>