diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
index eca75e6738d7..d8a47b3eb974 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
@@ -26,13 +26,8 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
-#include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
-#include <linux/wait.h>
-#include <linux/unistd.h>
-#include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
 
@@ -40,7 +35,6 @@
 #include <media/lirc.h>
 #include <media/lirc_dev.h>
 
-#define IRCTL_DEV_NAME	"BaseRemoteCtl"
 #define NOPLUG		-1
 #define LOGHEAD		"lirc_dev (%s[%d]): "
 
@@ -599,7 +593,7 @@ static int __init lirc_dev_init(void)
 	}
 
 	retval = alloc_chrdev_region(&lirc_base_dev, 0, MAX_IRCTL_DEVICES,
-				     IRCTL_DEV_NAME);
+				     "BaseRemoteCtl");
 	if (retval) {
 		class_destroy(lirc_class);
 		pr_err("alloc_chrdev_region failed\n");