diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/btext.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/btext.c
index c53f079e9b77..b6fbfbe9032d 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/btext.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/btext.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
 
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/pSeries_setup.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/pSeries_setup.c
index cb570fd23031..9490b6c5b173 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/pSeries_setup.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/pSeries_setup.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/adb.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static int __init pSeries_init_panel(void)
 {
 	/* Manually leave the kernel version on the panel. */
 	ppc_md.progress("Linux ppc64\n", 0);
-	ppc_md.progress(UTS_RELEASE, 0);
+	ppc_md.progress(system_utsname.version, 0);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c
index b21848826791..6ad5a8467f87 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/threads.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c
index 122283a1d39a..9979919cdf92 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/threads.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/setup.c
index aff408bffdd5..d0bb68af0ea4 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/console.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/root_dev.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ void __init setup_system(void)
 	smp_release_cpus();
 #endif /* defined(CONFIG_SMP) && !defined(CONFIG_PPC_ISERIES) */
 
-	printk("Starting Linux PPC64 %s\n", UTS_RELEASE);
+	printk("Starting Linux PPC64 %s\n", system_utsname.version);
 
 	printk("-----------------------------------------------------\n");
 	printk("ppc64_pft_size                = 0x%lx\n", ppc64_pft_size);