diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
index 5f9076fdb090..e9ec742796e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_SUNRPC_AUTH_H
 #define _LINUX_SUNRPC_AUTH_H
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 #include <linux/sunrpc/sched.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/xdr.h>
@@ -194,5 +192,4 @@ struct rpc_cred *get_rpccred(struct rpc_cred *cred)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_SUNRPC_AUTH_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth_gss.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth_gss.h
index 30427b729070..43e481aa347a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth_gss.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth_gss.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_SUNRPC_AUTH_GSS_H
 #define _LINUX_SUNRPC_AUTH_GSS_H
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
 #include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/auth.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/svc.h>
@@ -90,6 +89,5 @@ struct gss_cred {
 	unsigned long		gc_upcall_timestamp;
 };
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_SUNRPC_AUTH_GSS_H */
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
index abc63bd1be2b..64bffcb7142b 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ struct rpc_procinfo {
 	const char *		p_name;		/* name of procedure */
 };
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 struct rpc_create_args {
 	struct net		*net;
 	int			protocol;
@@ -237,5 +235,4 @@ static inline int rpc_reply_expected(struct rpc_task *task)
 		(task->tk_msg.rpc_proc->p_decode != NULL);
 }
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_SUNRPC_CLNT_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_api.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_api.h
index 5ac5db4d295f..bd691e08be3b 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_api.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_api.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_SUNRPC_GSS_API_H
 #define _LINUX_SUNRPC_GSS_API_H
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
 #include <linux/sunrpc/xdr.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
@@ -160,6 +159,5 @@ struct gss_api_mech * gss_mech_get(struct gss_api_mech *);
  * corresponding call to gss_mech_put. */
 void gss_mech_put(struct gss_api_mech *);
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_SUNRPC_GSS_API_H */
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_err.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_err.h
index a6807867bd21..b73c329c83f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_err.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_err.h
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_SUNRPC_GSS_ERR_H
 #define _LINUX_SUNRPC_GSS_ERR_H
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 typedef unsigned int OM_uint32;
 
 /*
@@ -163,5 +161,4 @@ typedef unsigned int OM_uint32;
 /* XXXX This is a necessary evil until the spec is fixed */
 #define GSS_S_CRED_UNAVAIL GSS_S_FAILURE
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* __LINUX_SUNRPC_GSS_ERR_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h
index 4722b28ec36a..bea40d9f03a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_SUNRPC_MSGPROT_H_
 #define _LINUX_SUNRPC_MSGPROT_H_
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__ /* user programs should get these from the rpc header files */
-
 #define RPC_VERSION 2
 
 /* size of an XDR encoding unit in bytes, i.e. 32bit */
@@ -217,5 +215,4 @@ typedef __be32	rpc_fraghdr;
 /* Assume INET6_ADDRSTRLEN will always be larger than INET_ADDRSTRLEN... */
 #define RPCBIND_MAXUADDRLEN	RPCBIND_MAXUADDR6LEN
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_SUNRPC_MSGPROT_H_ */
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h
index e90b9bd99ded..cd188a527d16 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_SUNRPC_RPC_PIPE_FS_H
 #define _LINUX_SUNRPC_RPC_PIPE_FS_H
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 struct rpc_pipe_dir_head {
@@ -133,4 +131,3 @@ extern void unregister_rpc_pipefs(void);
 extern bool gssd_running(struct net *net);
 
 #endif
-#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth.h
index 3e53a6e2ada7..b0003866a249 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth.h
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_SUNRPC_SVCAUTH_H_
 #define _LINUX_SUNRPC_SVCAUTH_H_
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/cache.h>
@@ -185,6 +183,4 @@ static inline unsigned long hash_mem(char const *buf, int length, int bits)
 	return full_name_hash(NULL, buf, length) >> (32 - bits);
 }
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
-
 #endif /* _LINUX_SUNRPC_SVCAUTH_H_ */
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth_gss.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth_gss.h
index a4528b26c8aa..ca39a388dc22 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth_gss.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcauth_gss.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_SUNRPC_SVCAUTH_GSS_H
 #define _LINUX_SUNRPC_SVCAUTH_GSS_H
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/types.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/xdr.h>
@@ -24,5 +23,4 @@ void gss_svc_shutdown_net(struct net *net);
 int svcauth_gss_register_pseudoflavor(u32 pseudoflavor, char * name);
 u32 svcauth_gss_flavor(struct auth_domain *dom);
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_SUNRPC_SVCAUTH_GSS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
index f33e5013bdfb..b41f34977995 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 #ifndef _SUNRPC_XDR_H_
 #define _SUNRPC_XDR_H_
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
@@ -552,6 +550,5 @@ xdr_stream_decode_uint32_array(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 		*array = be32_to_cpup(p);
 	return retval;
 }
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _SUNRPC_XDR_H_ */
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
index d783e15ba898..874205227778 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #include <linux/sunrpc/xdr.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h>
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 #define RPC_MIN_SLOT_TABLE	(2U)
 #define RPC_DEF_SLOT_TABLE	(16U)
 #define RPC_MAX_SLOT_TABLE_LIMIT	(65536U)
@@ -505,6 +503,4 @@ static inline void xprt_inject_disconnect(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 }
 #endif
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__*/
-
 #endif /* _LINUX_SUNRPC_XPRT_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprtsock.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprtsock.h
index a940de03808d..3c1423ee74b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprtsock.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprtsock.h
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_SUNRPC_XPRTSOCK_H
 #define _LINUX_SUNRPC_XPRTSOCK_H
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
 int		init_socket_xprt(void);
 void		cleanup_socket_xprt(void);
 
@@ -91,6 +89,4 @@ struct sock_xprt {
 #define XPRT_SOCK_WAKE_PENDING	(6)
 #define XPRT_SOCK_WAKE_DISCONNECT	(7)
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
-
 #endif /* _LINUX_SUNRPC_XPRTSOCK_H */
