diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/channel.h b/drivers/staging/hv/channel.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4949e3647811..000000000000
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/channel.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
- * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
- * more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
- * Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
- *
- * Authors:
- *   Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
- *   Hank Janssen  <hjanssen@microsoft.com>
- *
- */
-
-
-#ifndef _CHANNEL_H_
-#define _CHANNEL_H_
-
-#include "hyperv.h"
-
-/* The format must be the same as struct vmdata_gpa_direct */
-struct vmbus_channel_packet_page_buffer {
-	u16 type;
-	u16 dataoffset8;
-	u16 length8;
-	u16 flags;
-	u64 transactionid;
-	u32 reserved;
-	u32 rangecount;
-	struct hv_page_buffer range[MAX_PAGE_BUFFER_COUNT];
-} __packed;
-
-/* The format must be the same as struct vmdata_gpa_direct */
-struct vmbus_channel_packet_multipage_buffer {
-	u16 type;
-	u16 dataoffset8;
-	u16 length8;
-	u16 flags;
-	u64 transactionid;
-	u32 reserved;
-	u32 rangecount;		/* Always 1 in this case */
-	struct hv_multipage_buffer range;
-} __packed;
-
-
-extern int vmbus_open(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
-			    u32 send_ringbuffersize,
-			    u32 recv_ringbuffersize,
-			    void *userdata,
-			    u32 userdatalen,
-			    void(*onchannel_callback)(void *context),
-			    void *context);
-
-extern void vmbus_close(struct vmbus_channel *channel);
-
-extern int vmbus_sendpacket(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
-				  const void *buffer,
-				  u32 bufferLen,
-				  u64 requestid,
-				  enum vmbus_packet_type type,
-				  u32 flags);
-
-extern int vmbus_sendpacket_pagebuffer(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
-					    struct hv_page_buffer pagebuffers[],
-					    u32 pagecount,
-					    void *buffer,
-					    u32 bufferlen,
-					    u64 requestid);
-
-extern int vmbus_sendpacket_multipagebuffer(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
-					struct hv_multipage_buffer *mpb,
-					void *buffer,
-					u32 bufferlen,
-					u64 requestid);
-
-extern int vmbus_establish_gpadl(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
-				      void *kbuffer,
-				      u32 size,
-				      u32 *gpadl_handle);
-
-extern int vmbus_teardown_gpadl(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
-				     u32 gpadl_handle);
-
-extern int vmbus_recvpacket(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
-				  void *buffer,
-				  u32 bufferlen,
-				  u32 *buffer_actual_len,
-				  u64 *requestid);
-
-extern int vmbus_recvpacket_raw(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
-				     void *buffer,
-				     u32 bufferlen,
-				     u32 *buffer_actual_len,
-				     u64 *requestid);
-
-extern void vmbus_onchannel_event(struct vmbus_channel *channel);
-
-extern void vmbus_get_debug_info(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
-				     struct vmbus_channel_debug_info *debug);
-
-extern void vmbus_ontimer(unsigned long data);
-
-#endif /* _CHANNEL_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/hv_kvp.c b/drivers/staging/hv/hv_kvp.c
index 42cf83339836..c4f49d68af0a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/hv_kvp.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/hv_kvp.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "logging.h"
 #include "hv_api.h"
 #include "vmbus.h"
-#include "channel.h"
 #include "vmbus_private.h"
 #include "vmbus_api.h"
 #include "utils.h"
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/hv_mouse.c b/drivers/staging/hv/hv_mouse.c
index 960f11a7f9ad..7b82bae41c58 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/hv_mouse.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/hv_mouse.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "logging.h"
 #include "vmbus.h"
 #include "vmbus_api.h"
-#include "channel.h"
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/hv_util.c b/drivers/staging/hv/hv_util.c
index 7196908f3768..31e067274ccd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/hv_util.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/hv_util.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "logging.h"
 #include "hv_api.h"
 #include "vmbus.h"
-#include "channel.h"
 #include "vmbus_private.h"
 #include "vmbus_api.h"
 #include "utils.h"
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/hyperv.h b/drivers/staging/hv/hyperv.h
index 04f1b0f41b1d..45c45f2bb6ea 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/hyperv.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/hyperv.h
@@ -607,4 +607,86 @@ void vmbus_onmessage(void *context);
 
 int vmbus_request_offers(void);
 
+/* The format must be the same as struct vmdata_gpa_direct */
+struct vmbus_channel_packet_page_buffer {
+	u16 type;
+	u16 dataoffset8;
+	u16 length8;
+	u16 flags;
+	u64 transactionid;
+	u32 reserved;
+	u32 rangecount;
+	struct hv_page_buffer range[MAX_PAGE_BUFFER_COUNT];
+} __packed;
+
+/* The format must be the same as struct vmdata_gpa_direct */
+struct vmbus_channel_packet_multipage_buffer {
+	u16 type;
+	u16 dataoffset8;
+	u16 length8;
+	u16 flags;
+	u64 transactionid;
+	u32 reserved;
+	u32 rangecount;		/* Always 1 in this case */
+	struct hv_multipage_buffer range;
+} __packed;
+
+
+extern int vmbus_open(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
+			    u32 send_ringbuffersize,
+			    u32 recv_ringbuffersize,
+			    void *userdata,
+			    u32 userdatalen,
+			    void(*onchannel_callback)(void *context),
+			    void *context);
+
+extern void vmbus_close(struct vmbus_channel *channel);
+
+extern int vmbus_sendpacket(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
+				  const void *buffer,
+				  u32 bufferLen,
+				  u64 requestid,
+				  enum vmbus_packet_type type,
+				  u32 flags);
+
+extern int vmbus_sendpacket_pagebuffer(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
+					    struct hv_page_buffer pagebuffers[],
+					    u32 pagecount,
+					    void *buffer,
+					    u32 bufferlen,
+					    u64 requestid);
+
+extern int vmbus_sendpacket_multipagebuffer(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
+					struct hv_multipage_buffer *mpb,
+					void *buffer,
+					u32 bufferlen,
+					u64 requestid);
+
+extern int vmbus_establish_gpadl(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
+				      void *kbuffer,
+				      u32 size,
+				      u32 *gpadl_handle);
+
+extern int vmbus_teardown_gpadl(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
+				     u32 gpadl_handle);
+
+extern int vmbus_recvpacket(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
+				  void *buffer,
+				  u32 bufferlen,
+				  u32 *buffer_actual_len,
+				  u64 *requestid);
+
+extern int vmbus_recvpacket_raw(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
+				     void *buffer,
+				     u32 bufferlen,
+				     u32 *buffer_actual_len,
+				     u64 *requestid);
+
+extern void vmbus_onchannel_event(struct vmbus_channel *channel);
+
+extern void vmbus_get_debug_info(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
+				     struct vmbus_channel_debug_info *debug);
+
+extern void vmbus_ontimer(unsigned long data);
+
 #endif /* _HYPERV_H */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c
index 368ac68b7c61..3a0a67e08dbf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "logging.h"
 #include "netvsc.h"
 #include "rndis_filter.h"
-#include "channel.h"
 
 
 /* Globals */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc.c b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc.c
index 10a0859d2cac..10db64dd0152 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "logging.h"
 #include "storvsc_api.h"
 #include "vstorage.h"
-#include "channel.h"
 
 
 static inline struct storvsc_device *alloc_stor_device(struct hv_device *device)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
index a9344d9481ba..165d266b2374 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include "vmbus.h"
 #include "storvsc_api.h"
 #include "vstorage.h"
-#include "channel.h"
 
 static int storvsc_ringbuffer_size = STORVSC_RING_BUFFER_SIZE;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index 7debaa74ff60..d6c08c55e2fe 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include "hv_api.h"
 #include "logging.h"
 #include "vmbus.h"
-#include "channel.h"
 #include "vmbus_private.h"
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_private.h b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_private.h
index 502f45675c50..527001bf34d0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_private.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_private.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #include "hv.h"
 #include "vmbus_api.h"
-#include "channel.h"
 #include "ring_buffer.h"
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <asm/sync_bitops.h>