diff --git a/scripts/mkversion b/scripts/mkversion
deleted file mode 100644
index c12addc9c7efc8b185c602a84de7a79131b49134..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/scripts/mkversion
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-if [ ! -f .version ]
-then
-    echo 1
-else
-    expr 0`cat .version` + 1
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/package/Makefile b/scripts/package/Makefile
index 71b4a8af9d4dcdf1dcec434b6be98636f468b2dd..73f9f3192b9fbf8770e6ef632723d23e8efb5b63 100644
--- a/scripts/package/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/package/Makefile
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ rpm-pkg rpm: FORCE
 	$(MAKE) clean
 	$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(MKSPEC) >$(objtree)/kernel.spec
 	$(call cmd,src_tar,$(KERNELPATH),kernel.spec)
-	$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkversion > $(objtree)/.tmp_version
-	mv -f $(objtree)/.tmp_version $(objtree)/.version
 	rpmbuild $(RPMOPTS) --target $(UTS_MACHINE) -ta $(KERNELPATH).tar.gz
 	rm $(KERNELPATH).tar.gz kernel.spec
 
@@ -60,9 +58,6 @@ rpm-pkg rpm: FORCE
 binrpm-pkg: FORCE
 	$(MAKE) KBUILD_SRC=
 	$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(MKSPEC) prebuilt > $(objtree)/binkernel.spec
-	$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkversion > $(objtree)/.tmp_version
-	mv -f $(objtree)/.tmp_version $(objtree)/.version
-
 	rpmbuild $(RPMOPTS) --define "_builddir $(objtree)" --target \
 		$(UTS_MACHINE) -bb $(objtree)/binkernel.spec
 	rm binkernel.spec
diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index aad67000e4dd76796894cbd1975d087c559ecc5c..0bc87473f68f817b81640591f75f18c3b068351c 100755
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -92,12 +92,10 @@ else
 fi
 sourcename=$KDEB_SOURCENAME
 tmpdir="$objtree/debian/tmp"
-fwdir="$objtree/debian/fwtmp"
 kernel_headers_dir="$objtree/debian/hdrtmp"
 libc_headers_dir="$objtree/debian/headertmp"
 dbg_dir="$objtree/debian/dbgtmp"
 packagename=linux-image-$version
-fwpackagename=linux-firmware-image-$version
 kernel_headers_packagename=linux-headers-$version
 libc_headers_packagename=linux-libc-dev
 dbg_packagename=$packagename-dbg
@@ -126,10 +124,9 @@ esac
 BUILD_DEBUG="$(grep -s '^CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y' $KCONFIG_CONFIG || true)"
 
 # Setup the directory structure
-rm -rf "$tmpdir" "$fwdir" "$kernel_headers_dir" "$libc_headers_dir" "$dbg_dir" $objtree/debian/files
+rm -rf "$tmpdir" "$kernel_headers_dir" "$libc_headers_dir" "$dbg_dir" $objtree/debian/files
 mkdir -m 755 -p "$tmpdir/DEBIAN"
 mkdir -p "$tmpdir/lib" "$tmpdir/boot"
-mkdir -p "$fwdir/lib/firmware/$version/"
 mkdir -p "$kernel_headers_dir/lib/modules/$version/"
 
 # Build and install the kernel
@@ -306,7 +303,6 @@ else
 	cat <<EOF >> debian/control
 
 Package: $packagename
-Suggests: $fwpackagename
 Architecture: any
 Description: Linux kernel, version $version
  This package contains the Linux kernel, modules and corresponding other
@@ -345,22 +341,6 @@ Description: Linux kernel headers for $KERNELRELEASE on \${kernel:debarch}
  This is useful for people who need to build external modules
 EOF
 
-# Do we have firmware? Move it out of the way and build it into a package.
-if [ -e "$tmpdir/lib/firmware" ]; then
-	mv "$tmpdir/lib/firmware"/* "$fwdir/lib/firmware/$version/"
-	rmdir "$tmpdir/lib/firmware"
-
-	cat <<EOF >> debian/control
-
-Package: $fwpackagename
-Architecture: all
-Description: Linux kernel firmware, version $version
- This package contains firmware from the Linux kernel, version $version.
-EOF
-
-	create_package "$fwpackagename" "$fwdir"
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF >> debian/control
 
 Package: $libc_headers_packagename
diff --git a/scripts/package/mkspec b/scripts/package/mkspec
index bb43f153fd8e70fd48c32a2f92fa6699242501f7..f47f17aae135188eae37db2178db6c9911a80023 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkspec
+++ b/scripts/package/mkspec
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ __KERNELRELEASE=`echo $KERNELRELEASE | sed -e "s/-/_/g"`
 echo "Name: kernel"
 echo "Summary: The Linux Kernel"
 echo "Version: $__KERNELRELEASE"
-# we need to determine the NEXT version number so that uname and
-# rpm -q will agree
-echo "Release: `. $srctree/scripts/mkversion`"
+echo "Release: $(cat .version 2>/dev/null || echo 1)"
 echo "License: GPL"
 echo "Group: System Environment/Kernel"
 echo "Vendor: The Linux Community"
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@ fi
 echo "%build"
 
 if ! $PREBUILT; then
-echo "make clean && make %{?_smp_mflags}"
+echo "make clean && make %{?_smp_mflags} KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION=%{release}"
 echo ""
 fi
 
@@ -88,11 +86,8 @@ echo 'mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot/efi $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules'
 echo "%else"
 echo 'mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules'
 echo "%endif"
-echo 'mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/lib/firmware/$KERNELRELEASE"
 
-echo 'INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT make %{?_smp_mflags} KBUILD_SRC= mod-fw= modules_install'
-echo 'INSTALL_FW_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/lib/firmware/$KERNELRELEASE"
-echo 'make INSTALL_FW_PATH=$INSTALL_FW_PATH' firmware_install
+echo 'INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT make %{?_smp_mflags} KBUILD_SRC= modules_install'
 echo "%ifarch ia64"
 echo 'cp $KBUILD_IMAGE $RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/boot/efi/vmlinuz-$KERNELRELEASE"
 echo 'ln -s '"efi/vmlinuz-$KERNELRELEASE" '$RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/boot/"
@@ -119,7 +114,7 @@ if ! $PREBUILT; then
 echo 'rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/lib/modules/$KERNELRELEASE/build"
 echo 'rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/lib/modules/$KERNELRELEASE/source"
 echo "mkdir -p "'$RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/usr/src/kernels/$KERNELRELEASE"
-echo "EXCLUDES=\"$RCS_TAR_IGNORE --exclude .tmp_versions --exclude=*vmlinux* --exclude=*.o --exclude=*.ko --exclude=*.cmd --exclude=Documentation --exclude=firmware --exclude .config.old --exclude .missing-syscalls.d\""
+echo "EXCLUDES=\"$RCS_TAR_IGNORE --exclude .tmp_versions --exclude=*vmlinux* --exclude=*.o --exclude=*.ko --exclude=*.cmd --exclude=Documentation --exclude .config.old --exclude .missing-syscalls.d\""
 echo "tar "'$EXCLUDES'" -cf- . | (cd "'$RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/usr/src/kernels/$KERNELRELEASE;tar xvf -)"
 echo 'cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/lib/modules/$KERNELRELEASE"
 echo "ln -sf /usr/src/kernels/$KERNELRELEASE build"
@@ -154,7 +149,6 @@ echo '%defattr (-, root, root)'
 echo "/lib/modules/$KERNELRELEASE"
 echo "%exclude /lib/modules/$KERNELRELEASE/build"
 echo "%exclude /lib/modules/$KERNELRELEASE/source"
-echo "/lib/firmware/$KERNELRELEASE"
 echo "/boot/*"
 echo ""
 echo "%files headers"