diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/libcfs_cpu.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/libcfs_cpu.c
index 8e88eb59dd51..1fb37008cda2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/libcfs_cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/libcfs_cpu.c
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
  * Author: liang@whamcloud.com
  */
 
-#ifndef EXPORT_SYMTAB
-# define EXPORT_SYMTAB
-#endif
 #define DEBUG_SUBSYSTEM S_LNET
 
 #include <linux/libcfs/libcfs.h>
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/libcfs_lock.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/libcfs_lock.c
index 8d6c4adf2ee6..a2ce4c0eb3dc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/libcfs_lock.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/libcfs_lock.c
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
  * Author: liang@whamcloud.com
  */
 
-#ifndef EXPORT_SYMTAB
-# define EXPORT_SYMTAB
-#endif
 #define DEBUG_SUBSYSTEM S_LNET
 
 #include <linux/libcfs/libcfs.h>
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/libcfs_mem.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/libcfs_mem.c
index 879137303482..feab537c728c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/libcfs_mem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/libcfs_mem.c
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
  * Author: liang@whamcloud.com
  */
 
-#ifndef EXPORT_SYMTAB
-# define EXPORT_SYMTAB
-#endif
 #define DEBUG_SUBSYSTEM S_LNET
 
 #include <linux/libcfs/libcfs.h>
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog_osd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog_osd.c
index 6dbd21a863c2..87d5012cfc56 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog_osd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog_osd.c
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SUBSYSTEM S_LOG
 
-#ifndef EXPORT_SYMTAB
-#define EXPORT_SYMTAB
-#endif
-
 #include <obd.h>
 #include <obd_class.h>
 #include <lustre_fid.h>