diff --git a/drivers/parport/procfs.c b/drivers/parport/procfs.c
index 3880460e67f2..1bfafc2a5724 100644
--- a/drivers/parport/procfs.c
+++ b/drivers/parport/procfs.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL) && defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 
 #define PARPORT_MIN_TIMESLICE_VALUE 1ul 
 #define PARPORT_MAX_TIMESLICE_VALUE ((unsigned long) HZ)
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static void __exit parport_default_proc_unregister(void)
 	parport_bus_exit();
 }
 
-#else /* no sysctl or no procfs*/
+#else /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 
 int parport_proc_register(struct parport *pp)
 {
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ static void __exit parport_default_proc_unregister (void)
 {
 	parport_bus_exit();
 }
-#endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 
 subsys_initcall(parport_default_proc_register)
 module_exit(parport_default_proc_unregister)
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 1b1a81f10da6..7ce421e9191f 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(long, nr_dentry_unused);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(long, nr_dentry_negative);
 static int dentry_negative_policy;
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL) && defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 /* Statistics gathering. */
 static struct dentry_stat_t dentry_stat = {
 	.age_limit = 45,
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index c68b8c0a4097..08ca3631b726 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ unsigned long get_max_files(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_max_files);
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL) && defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 
 /*
  * Handle nr_files sysctl