diff --git a/modutils/Config.in b/modutils/Config.in
index ce3bce1d8..ef8d9692a 100644
--- a/modutils/Config.in
+++ b/modutils/Config.in
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ config FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_OPTIONS_ON_CMDLINE
 	depends on MODPROBE_SMALL
 	help
 	  Allow insmod and modprobe take module options from command line.
-	  N.B. Very bloaty.
 
 config FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_CHECK_ALREADY_LOADED
 	bool "Skip loading of already loaded modules"
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ config FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_CHECK_ALREADY_LOADED
 	depends on MODPROBE_SMALL
 	help
 	  Check if the module is already loaded.
-	  N.B. It's racy.
 
 config INSMOD
 	bool "insmod"
@@ -92,9 +90,6 @@ config MODPROBE
 	  Handle the loading of modules, and their dependencies on a high
 	  level.
 
-	  Note that in the state, modprobe does not understand multiple
-	  module options from the configuration file. See option below.
-
 config FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST
 	bool
 	prompt "Blacklist support"
@@ -143,7 +138,7 @@ config FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS
 	  By adding module symbols to the kernel symbol table, Oops messages
 	  occuring within kernel modules can be properly debugged. By enabling
 	  this feature, module symbols will always be added to the kernel symbol
-	  table for properly debugging support. If you are not interested in
+	  table for proper debugging support. If you are not interested in
 	  Oops messages from kernel modules, say N.
 
 config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOADINKMEM
diff --git a/modutils/modutils.c b/modutils/modutils.c
index 8836f7c69..5a4ba84e7 100644
--- a/modutils/modutils.c
+++ b/modutils/modutils.c
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ extern int delete_module(const char *module, unsigned int flags);
 # define delete_module(mod, flags) syscall(__NR_delete_module, mod, flags)
 #endif
 
-USE_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES(char *insmod_outputname);
-
 /*
  a libbb candidate from ice age!
 */
diff --git a/modutils/modutils.h b/modutils/modutils.h
index cc7c65351..0a29ff240 100644
--- a/modutils/modutils.h
+++ b/modutils/modutils.h
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ int string_to_llist(char *string, llist_t **llist, const char *delim) FAST_FUNC;
 char *filename2modname(const char *filename, char *modname) FAST_FUNC;
 char *parse_cmdline_module_options(char **argv) FAST_FUNC;
 
-#define INSMOD_OPTS "vq" USE_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES("sLo:fkx") \
+#define INSMOD_OPTS \
+	"vq" \
+	USE_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES("sLo:fkx") \
 	USE_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP("m")
-#define INSMOD_ARGS USE_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES(, &insmod_outputname)
+
+#define INSMOD_ARGS USE_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES(, NULL)
 
 enum {
 	INSMOD_OPT_VERBOSE	= 0x0001,
@@ -42,13 +45,13 @@ enum {
 	INSMOD_OPT_NO_EXPORT	= 0x0080 * ENABLE_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES,
 	INSMOD_OPT_PRINT_MAP	= 0x0100 * ENABLE_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP,
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
-#if ENABLE_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP
+# if ENABLE_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP
 	INSMOD_OPT_UNUSED	= 0x0200,
-#else /* ENABLE_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP */
-	INSMOD_OPT_UNUSED	= 0x0100
-#endif
-#else /* ENABLE_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES */
-	INSMOD_OPT_UNUSED	= 0x0004
+# else
+	INSMOD_OPT_UNUSED	= 0x0100,
+# endif
+#else
+	INSMOD_OPT_UNUSED	= 0x0004,
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -56,8 +59,6 @@ int FAST_FUNC bb_init_module(const char *module, const char *options);
 int FAST_FUNC bb_delete_module(const char *module, unsigned int flags);
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
-extern char *insmod_outputname;
-
 int FAST_FUNC bb_init_module_24(const char *module, const char *options);
 #endif