diff --git a/block/partitions/acorn.c b/block/partitions/acorn.c
index 7587700fad4a..c64c57b958bf 100644
--- a/block/partitions/acorn.c
+++ b/block/partitions/acorn.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <linux/adfs_fs.h>
 
 #include "check.h"
-#include "acorn.h"
 
 /*
  * Partition types. (Oh for reusability)
diff --git a/block/partitions/acorn.h b/block/partitions/acorn.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 67b06601ca4c..000000000000
--- a/block/partitions/acorn.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-/*
- * linux/fs/partitions/acorn.h
- *
- * Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Russell King.
- *
- *  I _hate_ this partitioning mess - why can't we have one defined
- *  format, and everyone stick to it?
- */
-
-int adfspart_check_CUMANA(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-int adfspart_check_ADFS(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-int adfspart_check_ICS(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-int adfspart_check_POWERTEC(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-int adfspart_check_EESOX(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/aix.c b/block/partitions/aix.c
index 903f3ed175d0..c7b4fd1a4a97 100644
--- a/block/partitions/aix.c
+++ b/block/partitions/aix.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "check.h"
-#include "aix.h"
 
 struct lvm_rec {
 	char lvm_id[4]; /* "_LVM" */
diff --git a/block/partitions/aix.h b/block/partitions/aix.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b4449f0b9f2b..000000000000
--- a/block/partitions/aix.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-extern int aix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/amiga.c b/block/partitions/amiga.c
index 7fecc760b78f..9526491d9aed 100644
--- a/block/partitions/amiga.c
+++ b/block/partitions/amiga.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <linux/affs_hardblocks.h>
 
 #include "check.h"
-#include "amiga.h"
 
 static __inline__ u32
 checksum_block(__be32 *m, int size)
diff --git a/block/partitions/amiga.h b/block/partitions/amiga.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e63f4d9d969..000000000000
--- a/block/partitions/amiga.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-/*
- *  fs/partitions/amiga.h
- */
-
-int amiga_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-
diff --git a/block/partitions/atari.h b/block/partitions/atari.h
index 01c2b9457394..678202442fd3 100644
--- a/block/partitions/atari.h
+++ b/block/partitions/atari.h
@@ -34,4 +34,3 @@ struct rootsector
   u16 checksum;			/* checksum for bootable disks */
 } __packed;
 
-int atari_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/check.c b/block/partitions/check.c
index 8fe46881ef63..944c478b6f0b 100644
--- a/block/partitions/check.c
+++ b/block/partitions/check.c
@@ -21,22 +21,6 @@
 
 #include "check.h"
 
-#include "acorn.h"
-#include "amiga.h"
-#include "atari.h"
-#include "ldm.h"
-#include "mac.h"
-#include "msdos.h"
-#include "osf.h"
-#include "sgi.h"
-#include "sun.h"
-#include "ibm.h"
-#include "ultrix.h"
-#include "efi.h"
-#include "karma.h"
-#include "sysv68.h"
-#include "cmdline.h"
-
 static int (*check_part[])(struct parsed_partitions *) = {
 	/*
 	 * Probe partition formats with tables at disk address 0
diff --git a/block/partitions/check.h b/block/partitions/check.h
index 19852b494e93..23e7adb79617 100644
--- a/block/partitions/check.h
+++ b/block/partitions/check.h
@@ -50,3 +50,25 @@ put_partition(struct parsed_partitions *p, int n, sector_t from, sector_t size)
 		strlcat(p->pp_buf, tmp, PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 }
+
+/* detection routines go here in alphabetical order: */
+int adfspart_check_ADFS(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int adfspart_check_CUMANA(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int adfspart_check_EESOX(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int adfspart_check_ICS(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int adfspart_check_POWERTEC(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int aix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int amiga_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int atari_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int cmdline_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int efi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int ibm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *);
+int karma_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int ldm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int mac_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int osf_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int sgi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int sun_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int sysv68_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int ultrix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/cmdline.c b/block/partitions/cmdline.c
index f1edd5452249..8f545c36cde4 100644
--- a/block/partitions/cmdline.c
+++ b/block/partitions/cmdline.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <linux/cmdline-parser.h>
 
 #include "check.h"
-#include "cmdline.h"
 
 static char *cmdline;
 static struct cmdline_parts *bdev_parts;
diff --git a/block/partitions/cmdline.h b/block/partitions/cmdline.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e64a31636a1f..000000000000
--- a/block/partitions/cmdline.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-
-int cmdline_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/efi.h b/block/partitions/efi.h
index 3e8576157575..907bac5ce8f7 100644
--- a/block/partitions/efi.h
+++ b/block/partitions/efi.h
@@ -113,7 +113,4 @@ typedef struct _legacy_mbr {
 	__le16 signature;
 } __packed legacy_mbr;
 
-/* Functions */
-extern int efi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-
 #endif
diff --git a/block/partitions/ibm.c b/block/partitions/ibm.c
index a5d480f807f3..073faa6a69b8 100644
--- a/block/partitions/ibm.c
+++ b/block/partitions/ibm.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <asm/vtoc.h>
 
 #include "check.h"
-#include "ibm.h"
 
 
 union label_t {
diff --git a/block/partitions/ibm.h b/block/partitions/ibm.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 8bf13febb2b6..000000000000
--- a/block/partitions/ibm.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-int ibm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *);
diff --git a/block/partitions/karma.h b/block/partitions/karma.h
index 48e074d417fb..1b5eec57ee0c 100644
--- a/block/partitions/karma.h
+++ b/block/partitions/karma.h
@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@
  */
 
 #define KARMA_LABEL_MAGIC		0xAB56
-
-int karma_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-
diff --git a/block/partitions/ldm.h b/block/partitions/ldm.h
index 1ca63e97bccc..841580af7f9b 100644
--- a/block/partitions/ldm.h
+++ b/block/partitions/ldm.h
@@ -193,7 +193,5 @@ struct ldmdb {				/* Cache of the database */
 	struct list_head v_part;
 };
 
-int ldm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
-
 #endif /* _FS_PT_LDM_H_ */
 
diff --git a/block/partitions/mac.h b/block/partitions/mac.h
index 453ed2964804..0e41c9da7532 100644
--- a/block/partitions/mac.h
+++ b/block/partitions/mac.h
@@ -42,4 +42,3 @@ struct mac_driver_desc {
     /* ... more stuff */
 };
 
-int mac_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/msdos.c b/block/partitions/msdos.c
index 82c44f7df911..c572022f3781 100644
--- a/block/partitions/msdos.c
+++ b/block/partitions/msdos.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "check.h"
 #include "msdos.h"
 #include "efi.h"
-#include "aix.h"
 
 /*
  * Many architectures don't like unaligned accesses, while
diff --git a/block/partitions/msdos.h b/block/partitions/msdos.h
index fcacfc486092..123e666bb932 100644
--- a/block/partitions/msdos.h
+++ b/block/partitions/msdos.h
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@
 
 #define MSDOS_LABEL_MAGIC		0xAA55
 
-int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
 
diff --git a/block/partitions/osf.h b/block/partitions/osf.h
index 4d8088e7ea8c..80a58c382b3f 100644
--- a/block/partitions/osf.h
+++ b/block/partitions/osf.h
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@
 
 #define DISKLABELMAGIC (0x82564557UL)
 
-int osf_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/sgi.h b/block/partitions/sgi.h
index a5b77c3987cf..372cdad19fea 100644
--- a/block/partitions/sgi.h
+++ b/block/partitions/sgi.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  *  fs/partitions/sgi.h
  */
 
-extern int sgi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
 
 #define SGI_LABEL_MAGIC 0x0be5a941
 
diff --git a/block/partitions/sun.h b/block/partitions/sun.h
index ae1b9eed3fd7..4c8877a5b52d 100644
--- a/block/partitions/sun.h
+++ b/block/partitions/sun.h
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@
 #define SUN_LABEL_MAGIC          0xDABE
 #define SUN_VTOC_SANITY          0x600DDEEE
 
-int sun_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/sysv68.c b/block/partitions/sysv68.c
index 92e810826b01..6f6257fd4eb4 100644
--- a/block/partitions/sysv68.c
+++ b/block/partitions/sysv68.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "check.h"
-#include "sysv68.h"
 
 /*
  *	Volume ID structure: on first 256-bytes sector of disk
diff --git a/block/partitions/sysv68.h b/block/partitions/sysv68.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fb6b8ec78ae..000000000000
--- a/block/partitions/sysv68.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-extern int sysv68_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/block/partitions/ultrix.c b/block/partitions/ultrix.c
index ecd0d7346c3d..4aaa81043ca0 100644
--- a/block/partitions/ultrix.c
+++ b/block/partitions/ultrix.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "check.h"
-#include "ultrix.h"
 
 int ultrix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
diff --git a/block/partitions/ultrix.h b/block/partitions/ultrix.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f676cead222..000000000000
--- a/block/partitions/ultrix.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-/*
- *  fs/partitions/ultrix.h
- */
-
-int ultrix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);