diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Makefile b/drivers/mtd/Makefile
index 451adcc52b3c..6d958a4566ff 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 #
 
 # Core functionality.
+obj-$(CONFIG_MTD)		+= mtd.o
 mtd-y				:= mtdcore.o mtdsuper.o
 mtd-$(CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS)	+= mtdpart.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MTD)		+= $(mtd-y)
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_CONCAT)	+= mtdconcat.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS) += redboot.o
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index 9c6236852942..6174a97d7902 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -560,7 +560,3 @@ int parse_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master, const char **types,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(parse_mtd_partitions);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_mtd_parser);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(deregister_mtd_parser);
-
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Generic support for partitioning of MTD devices");