diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
index 281f566a5513..a641f623fffd 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
@@ -441,13 +441,6 @@ struct mem_ctl_info *edac_mc_alloc(unsigned mc_num,
 
 	mci->op_state = OP_ALLOC;
 
-	/* at this point, the root kobj is valid, and in order to
-	 * 'free' the object, then the function:
-	 *      edac_mc_unregister_sysfs_main_kobj() must be called
-	 * which will perform kobj unregistration and the actual free
-	 * will occur during the kobject callback operation
-	 */
-
 	return mci;
 
 error:
diff --git a/include/linux/edac.h b/include/linux/edac.h
index 1b8c02b36f76..4784213c819d 100644
--- a/include/linux/edac.h
+++ b/include/linux/edac.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>