diff --git a/lib/zlib_dfltcc/Makefile b/lib/zlib_dfltcc/Makefile
index 8e4d5afbbb10..66e1c96387c4 100644
--- a/lib/zlib_dfltcc/Makefile
+++ b/lib/zlib_dfltcc/Makefile
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ZLIB_DFLTCC) += zlib_dfltcc.o
 
-zlib_dfltcc-objs := dfltcc.o dfltcc_deflate.o dfltcc_inflate.o dfltcc_syms.o
+zlib_dfltcc-objs := dfltcc.o dfltcc_deflate.o dfltcc_inflate.o
diff --git a/lib/zlib_dfltcc/dfltcc.c b/lib/zlib_dfltcc/dfltcc.c
index c30de430b30c..782f76e9d4da 100644
--- a/lib/zlib_dfltcc/dfltcc.c
+++ b/lib/zlib_dfltcc/dfltcc.c
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Zlib
 /* dfltcc.c - SystemZ DEFLATE CONVERSION CALL support. */
 
-#include <linux/zutil.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 #include "dfltcc_util.h"
 #include "dfltcc.h"
 
@@ -53,3 +54,6 @@ void dfltcc_reset(
     dfltcc_state->dht_threshold = DFLTCC_DHT_MIN_SAMPLE_SIZE;
     dfltcc_state->param.ribm = DFLTCC_RIBM;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dfltcc_reset);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/lib/zlib_dfltcc/dfltcc_deflate.c b/lib/zlib_dfltcc/dfltcc_deflate.c
index 00c185101c6d..6c946e8532ee 100644
--- a/lib/zlib_dfltcc/dfltcc_deflate.c
+++ b/lib/zlib_dfltcc/dfltcc_deflate.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "dfltcc_util.h"
 #include "dfltcc.h"
 #include <asm/setup.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/zutil.h>
 
 /*
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ int dfltcc_can_deflate(
 
     return 1;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dfltcc_can_deflate);
 
 static void dfltcc_gdht(
     z_streamp strm
@@ -277,3 +279,4 @@ again:
         goto again; /* deflate() must use all input or all output */
     return 1;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dfltcc_deflate);
diff --git a/lib/zlib_dfltcc/dfltcc_syms.c b/lib/zlib_dfltcc/dfltcc_syms.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f23481804c1..000000000000
--- a/lib/zlib_dfltcc/dfltcc_syms.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-/*
- * linux/lib/zlib_dfltcc/dfltcc_syms.c
- *
- * Exported symbols for the s390 zlib dfltcc support.
- *
- */
-
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/zlib.h>
-#include "dfltcc.h"
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dfltcc_can_deflate);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dfltcc_deflate);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dfltcc_reset);
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");