diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/um/include/asm/Kbuild
index b352ed09260e..398006d27e40 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-generic-y += barrier.h
 generic-y += bpf_perf_event.h
 generic-y += bug.h
 generic-y += compat.h
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/asm/barrier.h b/arch/x86/um/asm/barrier.h
index f31e5d903161..eb0654f39fd2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/x86/um/asm/barrier.h
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_UM_BARRIER_H_
 #define _ASM_UM_BARRIER_H_
 
-#include <asm/asm.h>
-#include <asm/segment.h>
-#include <asm/cpufeatures.h>
-#include <asm/cmpxchg.h>
-#include <asm/nops.h>
-
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/irqflags.h>
+#include <asm/alternative.h>
 
 /*
  * Force strict CPU ordering.