diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/TODO b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/TODO
index ec93b2ee0b08..ae61b55f14fd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/TODO
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/TODO
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ TODO:
 - remove OS wrapper functions
 - remove custom debug and tracing functions
 - rework comments and function headers(also coding style)
-- replace all semaphores with mutexes or completions
 - Move handling for each individual members of 'union message_body' out
   into a separate 'struct work_struct' and completely remove the multiplexer
   that is currently part of host_if_work(), allowing movement of the
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 3a66255f14fc..315ed2ea2925 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
-#include <linux/semaphore.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 
 static int dev_state_ev_handler(struct notifier_block *this,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h
index 5cc6a82d8081..ec6b1674cf38 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ struct wilc_priv {
 	struct wilc_wfi_key *wilc_gtk[MAX_NUM_STA];
 	struct wilc_wfi_key *wilc_ptk[MAX_NUM_STA];
 	u8 wilc_groupkey;
-	/* semaphores */
+	/* mutexes */
 	struct mutex scan_req_lock;
 	/*  */
 	bool gbAutoRateAdjusted;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.h b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.h
index 30e5312ee87e..de6c4ddbf45a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.h
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 
 #define ENABLE_RX_VMM		(SEL_VMM_TBL1 | EN_VMM)
 #define ENABLE_TX_VMM		(SEL_VMM_TBL0 | EN_VMM)
-/*time for expiring the semaphores of cfg packets*/
+/*time for expiring the completion of cfg packets*/
 #define CFG_PKTS_TIMEOUT	2000
 /********************************************
  *
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h
index 410bfc034319..439ac6f8d533 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #ifndef WILC_WLAN_IF_H
 #define WILC_WLAN_IF_H
 
-#include <linux/semaphore.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 
 /********************************************