diff --git a/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst b/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
index 3f8e9d5d95c2..e201a6033469 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
 
 9) Check cleanly with sparse.
 
-10) Use ``make checkstack`` and ``make namespacecheck`` and fix any problems
-    that they find.
+10) Use ``make checkstack`` and fix any problems that it finds.
 
     .. note::
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 088fb7d49dd7..ddadab2f2e8b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1576,7 +1576,6 @@ help:
 	 echo  ''
 	@echo  'Static analysers:'
 	@echo  '  checkstack      - Generate a list of stack hogs'
-	@echo  '  namespacecheck  - Name space analysis on compiled kernel'
 	@echo  '  versioncheck    - Sanity check on version.h usage'
 	@echo  '  includecheck    - Check for duplicate included header files'
 	@echo  '  export_report   - List the usages of all exported symbols'
@@ -1876,7 +1875,7 @@ endif
 # Scripts to check various things for consistency
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-PHONY += includecheck versioncheck coccicheck namespacecheck export_report
+PHONY += includecheck versioncheck coccicheck export_report
 
 includecheck:
 	find $(srctree)/* $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
@@ -1891,9 +1890,6 @@ versioncheck:
 coccicheck:
 	$(Q)$(BASH) $(srctree)/scripts/$@
 
-namespacecheck:
-	$(PERL) $(srctree)/scripts/namespace.pl
-
 export_report:
 	$(PERL) $(srctree)/scripts/export_report.pl
 
diff --git a/scripts/namespace.pl b/scripts/namespace.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index 1da7bca201a4..000000000000
--- a/scripts/namespace.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,473 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
-#
-#	namespace.pl.  Mon Aug 30 2004
-#
-#	Perform a name space analysis on the linux kernel.
-#
-#	Copyright Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>.  GPL.
-#
-#	Invoke by changing directory to the top of the kernel object
-#	tree then namespace.pl, no parameters.
-#
-#	Tuned for 2.1.x kernels with the new module handling, it will
-#	work with 2.0 kernels as well.
-#
-#	Last change 2.6.9-rc1, adding support for separate source and object
-#	trees.
-#
-#	The source must be compiled/assembled first, the object files
-#	are the primary input to this script.  Incomplete or missing
-#	objects will result in a flawed analysis.  Compile both vmlinux
-#	and modules.
-#
-#	Even with complete objects, treat the result of the analysis
-#	with caution.  Some external references are only used by
-#	certain architectures, others with certain combinations of
-#	configuration parameters.  Ideally the source should include
-#	something like
-#
-#	#ifndef CONFIG_...
-#	static
-#	#endif
-#	symbol_definition;
-#
-#	so the symbols are defined as static unless a particular
-#	CONFIG_... requires it to be external.
-#
-#	A symbol that is suffixed with '(export only)' has these properties
-#
-#	* It is global.
-#	* It is marked EXPORT_SYMBOL or EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, either in the same
-#	  source file or a different source file.
-#	* Given the current .config, nothing uses the symbol.
-#
-#	The symbol is a candidate for conversion to static, plus removal of the
-#	export.  But be careful that a different .config might use the symbol.
-#
-#
-#	Name space analysis and cleanup is an iterative process.  You cannot
-#	expect to find all the problems in a single pass.
-#
-#	* Identify possibly unnecessary global declarations, verify that they
-#	  really are unnecessary and change them to static.
-#	* Compile and fix up gcc warnings about static, removing dead symbols
-#	  as necessary.
-#	* make clean and rebuild with different configs (especially
-#	  CONFIG_MODULES=n) to see which symbols are being defined when the
-#	  config does not require them.  These symbols bloat the kernel object
-#	  for no good reason, which is frustrating for embedded systems.
-#	* Wrap config sensitive symbols in #ifdef CONFIG_foo, as long as the
-#	  code does not get too ugly.
-#	* Repeat the name space analysis until you can live with with the
-#	  result.
-#
-
-use warnings;
-use strict;
-use File::Find;
-use File::Spec;
-
-my $nm = ($ENV{'NM'} || "nm") . " -p";
-my $objdump = ($ENV{'OBJDUMP'} || "objdump") . " -s -j .comment";
-my $srctree = File::Spec->curdir();
-my $objtree = File::Spec->curdir();
-$srctree = File::Spec->rel2abs($ENV{'srctree'}) if (exists($ENV{'srctree'}));
-$objtree = File::Spec->rel2abs($ENV{'objtree'}) if (exists($ENV{'objtree'}));
-
-if ($#ARGV != -1) {
-	print STDERR "usage: $0 takes no parameters\n";
-	die("giving up\n");
-}
-
-my %nmdata = ();	# nm data for each object
-my %def = ();		# all definitions for each name
-my %ksymtab = ();	# names that appear in __ksymtab_
-my %ref = ();		# $ref{$name} exists if there is a true external reference to $name
-my %export = ();	# $export{$name} exists if there is an EXPORT_... of $name
-
-my %nmexception = (
-    'fs/ext3/bitmap'			=> 1,
-    'fs/ext4/bitmap'			=> 1,
-    'arch/x86/lib/thunk_32'		=> 1,
-    'arch/x86/lib/cmpxchg'		=> 1,
-    'arch/x86/vdso/vdso32/note'		=> 1,
-    'lib/irq_regs'			=> 1,
-    'usr/initramfs_data'		=> 1,
-    'drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_dump'	=> 1,
-    'drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_dump'	=> 1,
-    'lib/dec_and_lock'			=> 1,
-    'drivers/ide/ide-probe-mini'	=> 1,
-    'usr/initramfs_data'		=> 1,
-    'drivers/acpi/acpia/exdump'		=> 1,
-    'drivers/acpi/acpia/rsdump'		=> 1,
-    'drivers/acpi/acpia/nsdumpdv'	=> 1,
-    'drivers/acpi/acpia/nsdump'		=> 1,
-    'arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/io'	=> 1,
-    'arch/ia64/kernel/gate-data'	=> 1,
-    'security/capability'		=> 1,
-    'fs/ntfs/sysctl'			=> 1,
-    'fs/jfs/jfs_debug'			=> 1,
-);
-
-my %nameexception = (
-    'mod_use_count_'	 => 1,
-    '__initramfs_end'	=> 1,
-    '__initramfs_start'	=> 1,
-    '_einittext'	=> 1,
-    '_sinittext'	=> 1,
-    'kallsyms_names'	=> 1,
-    'kallsyms_num_syms'	=> 1,
-    'kallsyms_addresses'=> 1,
-    'kallsyms_offsets'	=> 1,
-    'kallsyms_relative_base'=> 1,
-    '__this_module'	=> 1,
-    '_etext'		=> 1,
-    '_edata'		=> 1,
-    '_end'		=> 1,
-    '__bss_start'	=> 1,
-    '_text'		=> 1,
-    '_stext'		=> 1,
-    '__gp'		=> 1,
-    'ia64_unw_start'	=> 1,
-    'ia64_unw_end'	=> 1,
-    '__init_begin'	=> 1,
-    '__init_end'	=> 1,
-    '__bss_stop'	=> 1,
-    '__nosave_begin'	=> 1,
-    '__nosave_end'	=> 1,
-    'pg0'		=> 1,
-    'vdso_enabled'	=> 1,
-    '__stack_chk_fail'  => 1,
-    'VDSO32_PRELINK'	=> 1,
-    'VDSO32_vsyscall'	=> 1,
-    'VDSO32_rt_sigreturn'=>1,
-    'VDSO32_sigreturn'	=> 1,
-);
-
-
-&find(\&linux_objects, '.');	# find the objects and do_nm on them
-&list_multiply_defined();
-&resolve_external_references();
-&list_extra_externals();
-
-exit(0);
-
-sub linux_objects
-{
-	# Select objects, ignoring objects which are only created by
-	# merging other objects.  Also ignore all of modules, scripts
-	# and compressed.  Most conglomerate objects are handled by do_nm,
-	# this list only contains the special cases.  These include objects
-	# that are linked from just one other object and objects for which
-	# there is really no permanent source file.
-	my $basename = $_;
-	$_ = $File::Find::name;
-	s:^\./::;
-	if (/.*\.o$/ &&
-		! (
-		m:/built-in.a$:
-		|| m:arch/x86/vdso/:
-		|| m:arch/x86/boot/:
-		|| m:arch/ia64/ia32/ia32.o$:
-		|| m:arch/ia64/kernel/gate-syms.o$:
-		|| m:arch/ia64/lib/__divdi3.o$:
-		|| m:arch/ia64/lib/__divsi3.o$:
-		|| m:arch/ia64/lib/__moddi3.o$:
-		|| m:arch/ia64/lib/__modsi3.o$:
-		|| m:arch/ia64/lib/__udivdi3.o$:
-		|| m:arch/ia64/lib/__udivsi3.o$:
-		|| m:arch/ia64/lib/__umoddi3.o$:
-		|| m:arch/ia64/lib/__umodsi3.o$:
-		|| m:arch/ia64/scripts/check_gas_for_hint.o$:
-		|| m:arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xp.o$:
-		|| m:boot/bbootsect.o$:
-		|| m:boot/bsetup.o$:
-		|| m:/bootsect.o$:
-		|| m:/boot/setup.o$:
-		|| m:/compressed/:
-		|| m:drivers/cdrom/driver.o$:
-		|| m:drivers/char/drm/tdfx_drv.o$:
-		|| m:drivers/ide/ide-detect.o$:
-		|| m:drivers/ide/pci/idedriver-pci.o$:
-		|| m:drivers/media/media.o$:
-		|| m:drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o$:
-		|| m:drivers/video/video.o$:
-		|| m:fs/devpts/devpts.o$:
-		|| m:fs/exportfs/exportfs.o$:
-		|| m:fs/hugetlbfs/hugetlbfs.o$:
-		|| m:fs/msdos/msdos.o$:
-		|| m:fs/nls/nls.o$:
-		|| m:fs/ramfs/ramfs.o$:
-		|| m:fs/romfs/romfs.o$:
-		|| m:fs/vfat/vfat.o$:
-		|| m:init/mounts.o$:
-		|| m:^modules/:
-		|| m:net/netlink/netlink.o$:
-		|| m:net/sched/sched.o$:
-		|| m:/piggy.o$:
-		|| m:^scripts/:
-		|| m:sound/.*/snd-:
-		|| m:^.*/\.tmp_:
-		|| m:^\.tmp_:
-		|| m:/vmlinux-obj.o$:
-		|| m:^tools/:
-		)
-	) {
-		do_nm($basename, $_);
-	}
-	$_ = $basename;		# File::Find expects $_ untouched (undocumented)
-}
-
-sub do_nm
-{
-	my ($basename, $fullname) = @_;
-	my ($source, $type, $name);
-	if (! -e $basename) {
-		printf STDERR "$basename does not exist\n";
-		return;
-	}
-	if ($fullname !~ /\.o$/) {
-		printf STDERR "$fullname is not an object file\n";
-		return;
-	}
-	($source = $basename) =~ s/\.o$//;
-	if (-e "$source.c" || -e "$source.S") {
-		$source = File::Spec->catfile($objtree, $File::Find::dir, $source)
-	} else {
-		$source = File::Spec->catfile($srctree, $File::Find::dir, $source)
-	}
-	if (! -e "$source.c" && ! -e "$source.S") {
-		# No obvious source, exclude the object if it is conglomerate
-	        open(my $objdumpdata, "$objdump $basename|")
-		    or die "$objdump $fullname failed $!\n";
-
-		my $comment;
-		while (<$objdumpdata>) {
-			chomp();
-			if (/^In archive/) {
-				# Archives are always conglomerate
-				$comment = "GCC:GCC:";
-				last;
-			}
-			next if (! /^[ 0-9a-f]{5,} /);
-			$comment .= substr($_, 43);
-		}
-		close($objdumpdata);
-
-		if (!defined($comment) || $comment !~ /GCC\:.*GCC\:/m) {
-			printf STDERR "No source file found for $fullname\n";
-		}
-		return;
-	}
-	open (my $nmdata, "$nm $basename|")
-	    or die "$nm $fullname failed $!\n";
-
-	my @nmdata;
-	while (<$nmdata>) {
-		chop;
-		($type, $name) = (split(/ +/, $_, 3))[1..2];
-		# Expected types
-		# A absolute symbol
-		# B weak external reference to data that has been resolved
-		# C global variable, uninitialised
-		# D global variable, initialised
-		# G global variable, initialised, small data section
-		# R global array, initialised
-		# S global variable, uninitialised, small bss
-		# T global label/procedure
-		# U external reference
-		# W weak external reference to text that has been resolved
-		# V similar to W, but the value of the weak symbol becomes zero with no error.
-		# a assembler equate
-		# b static variable, uninitialised
-		# d static variable, initialised
-		# g static variable, initialised, small data section
-		# r static array, initialised
-		# s static variable, uninitialised, small bss
-		# t static label/procedures
-		# w weak external reference to text that has not been resolved
-		# v similar to w
-		# ? undefined type, used a lot by modules
-		if ($type !~ /^[ABCDGRSTUWVabdgrstwv?]$/) {
-			printf STDERR "nm output for $fullname contains unknown type '$_'\n";
-		}
-		elsif ($name =~ /\./) {
-			# name with '.' is local static
-		}
-		else {
-			$type = 'R' if ($type eq '?');	# binutils replaced ? with R at one point
-			# binutils keeps changing the type for exported symbols, force it to R
-			$type = 'R' if ($name =~ /^__ksymtab/ || $name =~ /^__kstrtab/);
-			$name =~ s/_R[a-f0-9]{8}$//;	# module versions adds this
-			if ($type =~ /[ABCDGRSTWV]/ &&
-				$name ne 'init_module' &&
-				$name ne 'cleanup_module' &&
-				$name ne 'Using_Versions' &&
-				$name !~ /^Version_[0-9]+$/ &&
-				$name !~ /^__parm_/ &&
-				$name !~ /^__kstrtab/ &&
-				$name !~ /^__ksymtab/ &&
-				$name !~ /^__kcrctab_/ &&
-				$name !~ /^__exitcall_/ &&
-				$name !~ /^__initcall_/ &&
-				$name !~ /^__kdb_initcall_/ &&
-				$name !~ /^__kdb_exitcall_/ &&
-				$name !~ /^__module_/ &&
-				$name !~ /^__mod_/ &&
-				$name !~ /^__crc_/ &&
-				$name ne '__this_module' &&
-				$name ne 'kernel_version') {
-				if (!exists($def{$name})) {
-					$def{$name} = [];
-				}
-				push(@{$def{$name}}, $fullname);
-			}
-			push(@nmdata, "$type $name");
-			if ($name =~ /^__ksymtab_/) {
-				$name = substr($name, 10);
-				if (!exists($ksymtab{$name})) {
-					$ksymtab{$name} = [];
-				}
-				push(@{$ksymtab{$name}}, $fullname);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	close($nmdata);
-
-	if ($#nmdata < 0) {
-	    printf "No nm data for $fullname\n"
-		unless $nmexception{$fullname};
-	    return;
-	}
-	$nmdata{$fullname} = \@nmdata;
-}
-
-sub drop_def
-{
-	my ($object, $name) = @_;
-	my $nmdata = $nmdata{$object};
-	my ($i, $j);
-	for ($i = 0; $i <= $#{$nmdata}; ++$i) {
-		if ($name eq (split(' ', $nmdata->[$i], 2))[1]) {
-			splice(@{$nmdata{$object}}, $i, 1);
-			my $def = $def{$name};
-			for ($j = 0; $j < $#{$def{$name}}; ++$j) {
-				if ($def{$name}[$j] eq $object) {
-					splice(@{$def{$name}}, $j, 1);
-				}
-			}
-			last;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-sub list_multiply_defined
-{
-	foreach my $name (keys(%def)) {
-		if ($#{$def{$name}} > 0) {
-			# Special case for cond_syscall
-			if ($#{$def{$name}} == 1 &&
-			   ($name =~ /^sys_/ || $name =~ /^compat_sys_/ ||
-			    $name =~ /^sys32_/)) {
-				if($def{$name}[0] eq "kernel/sys_ni.o" ||
-				   $def{$name}[1] eq "kernel/sys_ni.o") {
-					&drop_def("kernel/sys_ni.o", $name);
-					next;
-				}
-			}
-
-			printf "$name is multiply defined in :-\n";
-			foreach my $module (@{$def{$name}}) {
-				printf "\t$module\n";
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-sub resolve_external_references
-{
-	my ($kstrtab, $ksymtab, $export);
-
-	printf "\n";
-	foreach my $object (keys(%nmdata)) {
-		my $nmdata = $nmdata{$object};
-		for (my $i = 0; $i <= $#{$nmdata}; ++$i) {
-			my ($type, $name) = split(' ', $nmdata->[$i], 2);
-			if ($type eq "U" || $type eq "w") {
-				if (exists($def{$name}) || exists($ksymtab{$name})) {
-					# add the owning object to the nmdata
-					$nmdata->[$i] = "$type $name $object";
-					# only count as a reference if it is not EXPORT_...
-					$kstrtab = "R __kstrtab_$name";
-					$ksymtab = "R __ksymtab_$name";
-					$export = 0;
-					for (my $j = 0; $j <= $#{$nmdata}; ++$j) {
-						if ($nmdata->[$j] eq $kstrtab ||
-						    $nmdata->[$j] eq $ksymtab) {
-							$export = 1;
-							last;
-						}
-					}
-					if ($export) {
-						$export{$name} = "";
-					}
-					else {
-						$ref{$name} = ""
-					}
-				}
-				elsif ( ! $nameexception{$name}
-					&& $name !~ /^__sched_text_/
-					&& $name !~ /^__start_/
-					&& $name !~ /^__end_/
-					&& $name !~ /^__stop_/
-					&& $name !~ /^__scheduling_functions_.*_here/
-					&& $name !~ /^__.*initcall_/
-					&& $name !~ /^__.*per_cpu_start/
-					&& $name !~ /^__.*per_cpu_end/
-					&& $name !~ /^__alt_instructions/
-					&& $name !~ /^__setup_/
-					&& $name !~ /^__mod_timer/
-					&& $name !~ /^__mod_page_state/
-					&& $name !~ /^init_module/
-					&& $name !~ /^cleanup_module/
-				) {
-					printf "Cannot resolve ";
-					printf "weak " if ($type eq "w");
-					printf "reference to $name from $object\n";
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-sub list_extra_externals
-{
-	my %noref = ();
-
-	foreach my $name (keys(%def)) {
-		if (! exists($ref{$name})) {
-			my @module = @{$def{$name}};
-			foreach my $module (@module) {
-				if (! exists($noref{$module})) {
-					$noref{$module} = [];
-				}
-				push(@{$noref{$module}}, $name);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	if (%noref) {
-		printf "\nExternally defined symbols with no external references\n";
-		foreach my $module (sort(keys(%noref))) {
-			printf "  $module\n";
-			foreach (sort(@{$noref{$module}})) {
-			    my $export;
-			    if (exists($export{$_})) {
-				$export = " (export only)";
-			    } else {
-				$export = "";
-			    }
-			    printf "    $_$export\n";
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}