diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile b/arch/um/Makefile
index 2606bda..1089440 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile
@@ -18,12 +18,9 @@
 			   $(ARCH_DIR)/drivers/		\
 			   $(ARCH_DIR)/os-$(OS)/
 
-# XXX: The "os" symlink is only used by arch/um/include/os.h, which includes
-# ../os/include/file.h
-#
 # These are cleaned up during mrproper. Please DO NOT fix it again, this is
 # the Correct Thing(tm) to do!
-ARCH_SYMLINKS = $(ARCH_DIR)/os $(ARCH_DIR)/include/shared/uml-config.h
+ARCH_SYMLINKS = $(ARCH_DIR)/include/shared/uml-config.h
 
 MODE_INCLUDE	+= -I$(srctree)/$(ARCH_DIR)/include/shared/skas
 
@@ -143,14 +140,6 @@
 	@echo '  MKDIR $@'
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $@
 
-$(ARCH_DIR)/os:
-	@echo '  SYMLINK $@'
-ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
-	$(Q)ln -fsn $(srctree)/$(ARCH_DIR)/os-$(OS) $@
-else
-	$(Q)ln -fsn os-$(OS) $@
-endif
-
 # Generated files
 define filechk_umlconfig
 	sed 's/ CONFIG/ UML_CONFIG/'
@@ -182,4 +171,4 @@
 	@echo '  SYMLINK $@'
 	$(Q)ln -sf ../../../../include/asm/asm-offsets.h $@
 
-export SUBARCH USER_CFLAGS CFLAGS_NO_HARDENING OS HEADER_ARCH
+export SUBARCH USER_CFLAGS CFLAGS_NO_HARDENING OS HEADER_ARCH DEV_NULL_PATH
diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile-os-Linux b/arch/um/Makefile-os-Linux
index 5285948..2c8a598 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile-os-Linux
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile-os-Linux
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 # To get a definition of F_SETSIG
 USER_CFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
+DEV_NULL_PATH = \"/dev/null\"
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/Makefile b/arch/um/drivers/Makefile
index d283e7b..1d9b6ae 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/Makefile
@@ -62,5 +62,6 @@
 
 # pcap_user.o must be added explicitly.
 USER_OBJS := fd.o null.o pty.o tty.o xterm.o slip_common.o pcap_user.o vde_user.o
+CFLAGS_null.o = -DDEV_NULL=$(DEV_NULL_PATH)
 
 include arch/um/scripts/Makefile.rules
diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/os.h b/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
index 2aaffa0..cd40fdd 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "longjmp.h"
 #include "mm_id.h"
 #include "sysdep/tls.h"
-#include "../../os/include/file.h"
 
 #define CATCH_EINTR(expr) while ((errno = 0, ((expr) < 0)) && (errno == EINTR))
 
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/include/file.h b/arch/um/os-Linux/include/file.h
deleted file mode 100644
index fe71be2..0000000
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/include/file.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/* 
- * Copyright (C) 2002 - 2007 Jeff Dike (jdike@{addtoit,linux.intel}.com)
- * Licensed under the GPL
- */
-
-#ifndef __OS_FILE_H__
-#define __OS_FILE_H__
-
-#define DEV_NULL "/dev/null"
-
-#endif