diff --git a/include/linux/generic_serial.h b/include/linux/generic_serial.h
index fadff28505bb..79b3eb37243a 100644
--- a/include/linux/generic_serial.h
+++ b/include/linux/generic_serial.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  *  Copyright (C) 1998 R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl
  *
  *  written for the SX serial driver.
- *     Contains the code that should be shared over all the serial drivers.
  *
  *  Version 0.1 -- December, 1998.
  */
@@ -12,45 +11,8 @@
 #ifndef GENERIC_SERIAL_H
 #define GENERIC_SERIAL_H
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-#include <linux/mutex.h>
-#include <linux/tty.h>
-
-struct real_driver {
-  void                    (*disable_tx_interrupts) (void *);
-  void                    (*enable_tx_interrupts) (void *);
-  void                    (*disable_rx_interrupts) (void *);
-  void                    (*enable_rx_interrupts) (void *);
-  void                    (*shutdown_port) (void*);
-  int                     (*set_real_termios) (void*);
-  int                     (*chars_in_buffer) (void*);
-  void                    (*close) (void*);
-  void                    (*hungup) (void*);
-  void                    (*getserial) (void*, struct serial_struct *sp);
-};
-
-
-
-struct gs_port {
-  int                     magic;
-  struct tty_port	  port;
-  unsigned char           *xmit_buf; 
-  int                     xmit_head;
-  int                     xmit_tail;
-  int                     xmit_cnt;
-  struct mutex            port_write_mutex;
-  unsigned long           event;
-  unsigned short          closing_wait;
-  int                     close_delay;
-  struct real_driver      *rd;
-  int                     wakeup_chars;
-  int                     baud_base;
-  int                     baud;
-  int                     custom_divisor;
-  spinlock_t              driver_lock;
-};
-
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+#warning Use of this header is deprecated.
+#warning Since nobody sets the constants defined here for you, you should not, in any case, use them. Including the header is thus pointless.
 
 /* Flags */
 /* Warning: serial.h defines some ASYNC_ flags, they say they are "only"
@@ -60,8 +22,6 @@ struct gs_port {
 #define GS_RX_INTEN      0x00400000
 #define GS_ACTIVE        0x00200000
 
-
-
 #define GS_TYPE_NORMAL   1
 
 #define GS_DEBUG_FLUSH   0x00000001
@@ -72,24 +32,4 @@ struct gs_port {
 #define GS_DEBUG_FLOW    0x00000020
 #define GS_DEBUG_WRITE   0x00000040
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-int gs_put_char(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char ch);
-int  gs_write(struct tty_struct *tty, 
-             const unsigned char *buf, int count);
-int  gs_write_room(struct tty_struct *tty);
-int  gs_chars_in_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty);
-void gs_flush_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty);
-void gs_flush_chars(struct tty_struct *tty);
-void gs_stop(struct tty_struct *tty);
-void gs_start(struct tty_struct *tty);
-void gs_hangup(struct tty_struct *tty);
-int  gs_block_til_ready(void *port, struct file *filp);
-void gs_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp);
-void gs_set_termios (struct tty_struct * tty, 
-                     struct ktermios * old_termios);
-int  gs_init_port(struct gs_port *port);
-int  gs_setserial(struct gs_port *port, struct serial_struct __user *sp);
-int  gs_getserial(struct gs_port *port, struct serial_struct __user *sp);
-void gs_got_break(struct gs_port *port);
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif