diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
index 9f953f7851bb..34e62b1dcfce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ struct cpu_signature {
 struct device;
 
 enum ucode_state { UCODE_ERROR, UCODE_OK, UCODE_NFOUND };
-extern bool dis_ucode_ldr;
 
 struct microcode_ops {
 	enum ucode_state (*request_microcode_user) (int cpu,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
index 20297fbb7355..6eeda7b024c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
  *  License version 2. See file COPYING for details.
  */
-#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "microcode: " fmt
 
 #include <linux/earlycpio.h>
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 
 #include <asm/microcode_amd.h>
@@ -42,10 +41,6 @@
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/msr.h>
 
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("AMD Microcode Update Driver");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Peter Oruba");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
-
 static struct equiv_cpu_entry *equiv_cpu_table;
 
 struct ucode_patch {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index 18848c7de058..7fc27f1cca58 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 
-#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "microcode: " fmt
 
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
@@ -41,16 +40,18 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/cmdline.h>
 
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Microcode Update Driver");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-
-#define MICROCODE_VERSION	"2.00"
+#define MICROCODE_VERSION	"2.01"
 
 static struct microcode_ops	*microcode_ops;
 
-bool dis_ucode_ldr;
-module_param(dis_ucode_ldr, bool, 0);
+static bool dis_ucode_ldr;
+
+static int __init disable_loader(char *str)
+{
+	dis_ucode_ldr = true;
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("dis_ucode_ldr", disable_loader);
 
 /*
  * Synchronization.
@@ -364,9 +365,6 @@ static void __exit microcode_dev_exit(void)
 {
 	misc_deregister(&microcode_dev);
 }
-
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(MICROCODE_MINOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS("devname:cpu/microcode");
 #else
 #define microcode_dev_init()	0
 #define microcode_dev_exit()	do { } while (0)
@@ -617,20 +615,6 @@ static struct notifier_block mc_cpu_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call	= mc_cpu_callback,
 };
 
-#ifdef MODULE
-/* Autoload on Intel and AMD systems */
-static const struct x86_cpu_id __initconst microcode_id[] = {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL
-	{ X86_VENDOR_INTEL, X86_FAMILY_ANY, X86_MODEL_ANY, },
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_MICROCODE_AMD
-	{ X86_VENDOR_AMD, X86_FAMILY_ANY, X86_MODEL_ANY, },
-#endif
-	{}
-};
-MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, microcode_id);
-#endif
-
 static struct attribute *cpu_root_microcode_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_reload.attr,
 	NULL
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index 2e09171e5338..3f325586965e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  *
  *#define DEBUG
  */
-#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "microcode: " fmt
 
 #include <linux/earlycpio.h>
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
@@ -40,10 +39,6 @@
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/msr.h>
 
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Microcode Update Driver");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-
 static unsigned long mc_saved_in_initrd[MAX_UCODE_COUNT];
 static struct mc_saved_data {
 	unsigned int mc_saved_count;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_lib.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_lib.c
index 1883d252ff7d..b96896bcbdaf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_lib.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_lib.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
 
 #include <asm/microcode_intel.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>