diff --git a/net/ceph/Makefile b/net/ceph/Makefile
index aab1cabb8035..5f19415ec9c0 100644
--- a/net/ceph/Makefile
+++ b/net/ceph/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Makefile for CEPH filesystem.
 #
-
-ifneq ($(KERNELRELEASE),)
-
 obj-$(CONFIG_CEPH_LIB) += libceph.o
 
 libceph-objs := ceph_common.o messenger.o msgpool.o buffer.o pagelist.o \
@@ -16,22 +13,3 @@ libceph-objs := ceph_common.o messenger.o msgpool.o buffer.o pagelist.o \
 	ceph_fs.o ceph_strings.o ceph_hash.o \
 	pagevec.o
 
-else
-#Otherwise we were called directly from the command
-# line; invoke the kernel build system.
-
-KERNELDIR ?= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
-PWD := $(shell pwd)
-
-default: all
-
-all:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) CONFIG_CEPH_LIB=m modules
-
-modules_install:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) CONFIG_CEPH_LIB=m modules_install
-
-clean:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
-
-endif