diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index b667f531a645..bc00bbac50bb 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -182,10 +182,8 @@ static struct module *new_module(const char *modname)
 	p = NOFAIL(strdup(modname));
 
 	/* strip trailing .o */
-	if (strends(p, ".o")) {
+	if (strends(p, ".o"))
 		p[strlen(p) - 2] = '\0';
-		mod->is_dot_o = 1;
-	}
 
 	/* add to list */
 	mod->name = p;
@@ -716,8 +714,7 @@ static void handle_symbol(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
 	enum export export;
 	const char *name;
 
-	if ((!is_vmlinux(mod->name) || mod->is_dot_o) &&
-	    strstarts(symname, "__ksymtab"))
+	if (strstarts(symname, "__ksymtab"))
 		export = export_from_secname(info, get_secindex(info, sym));
 	else
 		export = export_from_sec(info, get_secindex(info, sym));
@@ -2676,13 +2673,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		struct symbol *s;
 
 		for (s = symbolhash[n]; s; s = s->next) {
-			/*
-			 * Do not check "vmlinux". This avoids the same warnings
-			 * shown twice, and false-positives for ARCH=um.
-			 */
-			if (is_vmlinux(s->module->name) && !s->module->is_dot_o)
-				continue;
-
 			if (s->is_static)
 				warn("\"%s\" [%s] is a static %s\n",
 				     s->name, s->module->name,
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
index bc524506d2f9..68d813abf33d 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ struct module {
 	int has_cleanup;
 	struct buffer dev_table_buf;
 	char	     srcversion[25];
-	int is_dot_o;
 	// Missing namespace dependencies
 	struct namespace_list *missing_namespaces;
 	// Actual imported namespaces