diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/Makefile
index 5e7c9acb6becf34ed4e202195d88ab310500b97d..50e7fba7f0ea95b1922a6bcf3938420295d83ad7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/Makefile
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_P54_COMMON)	+= p54/
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ATH5K)	+= ath5k/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ATH9K)	+= ath9k/
-obj-$(CONFIG_AR9170_COMMON)	+= ar9170/
+obj-$(CONFIG_AR9170_USB)	+= ar9170/
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_MAC80211_HWSIM)	+= mac80211_hwsim.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/Kconfig
index f6611876e285a7a4303b0d08454ea3910a19c4de..de4281fda12971b27beea2d150f2c620b267c579 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/Kconfig
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
-config AR9170_COMMON
-	tristate "Atheros AR9170 support"
-	depends on WLAN_80211 && MAC80211 && EXPERIMENTAL
-	help
-	  This is common code for AR9170 based devices.
-	  This module does nothing by itself - the USB/(SPI) frontends
-	  also need to be enabled in order to support any devices.
-
-	  Say Y if you have the hardware, or M to build a module called
-	  ar9170common.
-
 config AR9170_USB
-	tristate "Atheros AR9170 USB support"
-	depends on AR9170_COMMON && USB
+	tristate "Atheros AR9170 802.11n USB support"
+	depends on USB && MAC80211 && WLAN_80211 && EXPERIMENTAL
 	select FW_LOADER
 	help
 	  This is a driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices.
@@ -24,5 +13,5 @@ config AR9170_USB
 
 config AR9170_LEDS
 	bool
-	depends on AR9170_COMMON && MAC80211_LEDS && (LEDS_CLASS = y || LEDS_CLASS = AR9170_COMMON)
+	depends on AR9170_USB && MAC80211_LEDS && (LEDS_CLASS = y || LEDS_CLASS = AR9170_USB)
 	default y
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/Makefile
index 59b174dd466a7804cd50a9a7149c1003b77698ec..8d91c7ee321513842a69d2df9d2fb45686218c9a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-ar9170common-objs += main.o cmd.o mac.o phy.o led.o
-ar9170usb-objs += usb.o
+ar9170usb-objs := usb.o main.o cmd.o mac.o phy.o led.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_AR9170_COMMON) += ar9170common.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_AR9170_USB) += ar9170usb.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/cmd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/cmd.c
index fd5625c4e9d713a7783cb752984a530638da4728..f57a6200167b80211bf993cd988fd21f4b429a09 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/cmd.c
@@ -127,4 +127,3 @@ int ar9170_echo_test(struct ar9170 *ar, u32 v)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ar9170_echo_test);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/main.c
index f8c2357a1738719cf4120943367451c6ff542bbd..5996ff9f7f479e73ba7d53ae2df3961ce83c7c09 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/main.c
@@ -37,14 +37,6 @@
  *    OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/*
- * BIG FAT TODO:
- *
- * By the looks of things: these devices share a lot of things like
- * EEPROM layout/design and PHY code with other Atheros WIFI products.
- * So this driver/library will eventually become ath9k code... or vice versa ;-)
- */
-
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
@@ -56,9 +48,6 @@
 static int modparam_nohwcrypt;
 module_param_named(nohwcrypt, modparam_nohwcrypt, bool, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nohwcrypt, "Disable hardware encryption.");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Atheros shared code for AR9170 wireless devices");
 
 #define RATE(_bitrate, _hw_rate, _txpidx, _flags) {	\
 	.bitrate	= (_bitrate),			\
@@ -247,7 +236,6 @@ void ar9170_handle_tx_status(struct ar9170 *ar, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct ar9170_tx_control));
 	ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe(ar->hw, skb);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ar9170_handle_tx_status);
 
 static struct sk_buff *ar9170_find_skb_in_queue(struct ar9170 *ar,
 						const u8 *mac,
@@ -630,13 +618,6 @@ static void ar9170_handle_mpdu(struct ar9170 *ar, u8 *buf, int len)
 	ieee80211_rx_irqsafe(ar->hw, skb, &status);
 }
 
-/*
- * TODO:
- * It looks like AR9170 supports more than just the USB transport interface.
- * Unfortunately, there is no available information what parts of the
- * precendent and following code fragments is device specific and what not.
- * For now, everything stays here, until some SPI chips pop up.
- */
 void ar9170_rx(struct ar9170 *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	unsigned int i, tlen, resplen;
@@ -694,7 +675,6 @@ void ar9170_rx(struct ar9170 *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: buffer remains!\n",
 		       wiphy_name(ar->hw->wiphy));
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ar9170_rx);
 
 #define AR9170_FILL_QUEUE(queue, ai_fs, cwmin, cwmax, _txop)		\
 do {									\
@@ -1582,7 +1562,6 @@ void *ar9170_alloc(size_t priv_size)
 
 	return ar;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ar9170_alloc);
 
 static int ar9170_read_eeprom(struct ar9170 *ar)
 {
@@ -1680,7 +1659,6 @@ int ar9170_register(struct ar9170 *ar, struct device *pdev)
 err_out:
 	return err;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ar9170_register);
 
 void ar9170_unregister(struct ar9170 *ar)
 {
@@ -1691,21 +1669,3 @@ void ar9170_unregister(struct ar9170 *ar)
 	ieee80211_unregister_hw(ar->hw);
 	mutex_destroy(&ar->mutex);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ar9170_unregister);
-
-static int __init ar9170_init(void)
-{
-	if (modparam_nohwcrypt)
-		printk(KERN_INFO "ar9170: cryptographic acceleration "
-				 "disabled.\n");
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void __exit ar9170_exit(void)
-{
-
-}
-
-module_init(ar9170_init);
-module_exit(ar9170_exit);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/usb.c
index ede511e40475500211c9b9db16f353116f9afc71..ad296840893ecdc5287be0caf63af02ba1fc75f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ar9170/usb.c
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@
 #include "hw.h"
 #include "usb.h"
 
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("USB Driver for Atheros AR9170 based devices");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Atheros AR9170 802.11n USB wireless");
 MODULE_FIRMWARE("ar9170-1.fw");
 MODULE_FIRMWARE("ar9170-2.fw");