diff --git a/modutils/insmod.c b/modutils/insmod.c
index f38daa257..f8464dbd1 100644
--- a/modutils/insmod.c
+++ b/modutils/insmod.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
  * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
+#include "busybox.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
@@ -70,7 +71,6 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
-#include "busybox.h"
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_FEATURE_2_4_MODULES) && \
 	!defined(CONFIG_FEATURE_2_6_MODULES)
@@ -3313,7 +3313,7 @@ static struct obj_file *obj_load(FILE * fp, int loadprogbits)
 	}
 	if (f->header.e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASSM
 			|| f->header.e_ident[EI_DATA] != (BB_BIG_ENDIAN
-			   	? ELFDATA2MSB : ELFDATA2LSB)
+				? ELFDATA2MSB : ELFDATA2LSB)
 			|| f->header.e_ident[EI_VERSION] != EV_CURRENT
 			|| !MATCH_MACHINE(f->header.e_machine)) {
 		bb_error_msg("ELF file not for this architecture");
diff --git a/modutils/lsmod.c b/modutils/lsmod.c
index 3bbf89e58..10af2bd0d 100644
--- a/modutils/lsmod.c
+++ b/modutils/lsmod.c
@@ -8,22 +8,10 @@
  * Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@alcove.fr> to support pre 2.1 kernels
  * (which lack the query_module() interface).
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
- *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
+#include "busybox.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -36,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <sys/file.h>
-#include "busybox.h"
 
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_FEATURE_CHECK_TAINTED_MODULE
diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index 44460391a..93e510293 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
 */
 
+#include "busybox.h"
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <fnmatch.h>
-#include "busybox.h"
 
 struct mod_opt_t {	/* one-way list of options to pass to a module */
 	char *  m_opt_val;
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ int modprobe_main(int argc, char** argv)
 	depend = build_dep ( );
 
 	if ( !depend )
-		bb_error_msg_and_die ( "could not parse modules.dep\n" );
+		bb_error_msg_and_die ( "could not parse modules.dep" );
 
 	if (remove_opt) {
 		do {
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ int modprobe_main(int argc, char** argv)
 		} while ( ++optind < argc );
 	} else {
 		if (optind >= argc)
-			bb_error_msg_and_die ( "No module or pattern provided\n" );
+			bb_error_msg_and_die ( "No module or pattern provided" );
 
 		if ( mod_insert ( argv [optind], argc - optind - 1, argv + optind + 1 ))
 			bb_error_msg_and_die ( "failed to load module %s", argv [optind] );
diff --git a/modutils/rmmod.c b/modutils/rmmod.c
index 36bea3486..97650a4b2 100644
--- a/modutils/rmmod.c
+++ b/modutils/rmmod.c
@@ -4,22 +4,10 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
- *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
+#include "busybox.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -29,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
-#include "busybox.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_2_6_MODULES
 static inline void filename2modname(char *modname, const char *afterslash)