diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
index c266211ed653..2fefb14414b7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/highuid.h>
-#include <linux/dirent.h>
 #include <linux/resource.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
index 18e2c548161d..5235c67e7594 100644
--- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/raid/md.h>
 #include <linux/kd.h>
-#include <linux/dirent.h>
 #include <linux/route.h>
 #include <linux/in6.h>
 #include <linux/ipv6_route.h>
diff --git a/fs/smbfs/cache.c b/fs/smbfs/cache.c
index 8182f0542a21..8c177eb7e344 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/cache.c
+++ b/fs/smbfs/cache.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/dirent.h>
 #include <linux/smb_fs.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/net.h>
diff --git a/fs/smbfs/proc.c b/fs/smbfs/proc.c
index d517a27b7f4b..ee536e8a649a 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/proc.c
+++ b/fs/smbfs/proc.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/dcache.h>
-#include <linux/dirent.h>
 #include <linux/nls.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/net.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
index a2861d95ecc3..108f47e5fd95 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
-#include <linux/dirent.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/posix_acl.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>