diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c
index 24a5177..5cf1621 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>		/* For standard types (like size_t) */
 #include <linux/errno.h>		/* For the -ENODEV/... values */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>		/* For printk/panic/... */
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>		/* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV
-							(WATCHDOG_MINOR) */
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>		/* For struct miscdevice */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>		/* For the watchdog specific items */
 #include <linux/fs.h>			/* For file operations */
 #include <linux/ioport.h>		/* For io-port access */
@@ -337,4 +336,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Woodhouse");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Acquire Inc. Single Board Computer Watchdog Timer driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c
index cc6702f..a8961ad 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c
@@ -345,4 +345,3 @@
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@linux.org.pl>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Advantech Single Board Computer WDT driver");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c
index 41b8493..fbb7b94 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c
@@ -452,4 +452,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alan Cox");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ALi M1535 PMU Watchdog Timer driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c
index 5eee550..12f0b76 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c
@@ -425,4 +425,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Steve Hill");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ALi M7101 PMU Computer Watchdog Timer driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c
index b3709f9..3a99657 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Nicolas Thill <nico@openwrt.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(LONGNAME);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 static int margin = 60;
 module_param(margin, int, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c
index b178e71..afe7d17 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c
@@ -434,4 +434,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Hans-Christian Egtvedt <egtvedt@samfundet.no>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for Atmel AT32AP700X");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c
index aa5cb56..dee6cc2 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c
@@ -297,5 +297,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrew Victor");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for Atmel AT91RM9200");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:at91_wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c
index 37cb09b..9fa1f69 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c
@@ -329,4 +329,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRIVER_NAME);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/bcm2835_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/bcm2835_wdt.c
index 61566fc..a6a2ceb 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/bcm2835_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/bcm2835_wdt.c
@@ -186,4 +186,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Broadcom BCM2835 watchdog timer");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/bcm63xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/bcm63xx_wdt.c
index a14a58d..4eb188b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/bcm63xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/bcm63xx_wdt.c
@@ -317,5 +317,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for the Broadcom BCM63xx SoC watchdog");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:bcm63xx-wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c
index 5d36d6f..a3b6a5b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Michele d'Amico, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Blackfin Watchdog Device Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 module_param(timeout, uint, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout,
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c
index f270bb7..f7ae49e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("sma cpu5 watchdog driver");
 MODULE_SUPPORTED_DEVICE("sma cpu5 watchdog");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 module_param(port, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(port, "base address of watchdog card, default is 0x91");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
index bead774..dd625cc 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
@@ -267,5 +267,4 @@
 		 __MODULE_STRING(DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT));
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:watchdog");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
index aed1cbe..42cfd79 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
@@ -352,4 +352,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jamie Iles");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Synopsys DesignWare Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c
index e057484..833e813 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c
@@ -179,4 +179,3 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("EP93xx Watchdog");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(WDT_VERSION);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c
index cd31b8a..23ee532 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c
@@ -477,4 +477,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Rodolfo Giometti");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 on board watchdog");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c
index 3755833..25beb30 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c
@@ -331,5 +331,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@ge.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("GE watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:gef_wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/geodewdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/geodewdt.c
index fcd599d..4a6ae84 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/geodewdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/geodewdt.c
@@ -297,4 +297,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Advanced Micro Devices, Inc");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Geode GX/LX Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
index 19f3c3f..45b979d 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
@@ -881,7 +881,6 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("hp watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(HPWDT_VERSION);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 module_param(soft_margin, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_margin, "Watchdog timeout in seconds");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c b/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c
index 2b2ea13..a72fe93 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c
@@ -497,4 +497,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Ross Biro and David Härdeman");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for Intel 6300ESB chipsets");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c
index 439b160..04f8af6 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>		/* For standard types (like size_t) */
 #include <linux/errno.h>		/* For the -ENODEV/... values */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>		/* For printk/panic/... */
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>		/* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV
-							(WATCHDOG_MINOR) */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>		/* For the watchdog specific items */
 #include <linux/init.h>			/* For __init/__exit/... */
 #include <linux/fs.h>			/* For file operations */
@@ -582,5 +580,4 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver");
 MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRV_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c
index eb6b5cc..7ae3669 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c
@@ -382,6 +382,5 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Charles Howes <chowes@vsol.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IB700 SBC watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 /* end of ib700wdt.c */
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c b/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c
index bc3fb8f..db0a3446 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c
@@ -419,4 +419,3 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IBM Automatic Server Restart driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrey Panin");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c
index e24ef6a..70a2402 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c
@@ -344,5 +344,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel Atom E6xx Watchdog Device Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRIVER_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
index 17680aa..b4786bc 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
@@ -339,5 +339,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Wolfram Sang");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for IMX2 and later");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRIVER_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/indydog.c b/drivers/watchdog/indydog.c
index 6d90f7a..1b5c25a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/indydog.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/indydog.c
@@ -214,4 +214,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Guido Guenther <agx@sigxcpu.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Hardware Watchdog Device for SGI IP22");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/intel_scu_watchdog.c b/drivers/watchdog/intel_scu_watchdog.c
index 8ced256..e13e65e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/intel_scu_watchdog.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/intel_scu_watchdog.c
@@ -564,5 +564,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Intel Corporation");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel SCU Watchdog Device Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_VERSION(WDT_VER);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/iop_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/iop_wdt.c
index d964faf..b16013f 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/iop_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/iop_wdt.c
@@ -259,4 +259,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Curt E Bruns <curt.e.bruns@intel.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("iop watchdog timer driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/it8712f_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/it8712f_wdt.c
index f4cce6d..41b3979 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/it8712f_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/it8712f_wdt.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jorge Boncompte - DTI2 <jorge@dti2.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IT8712F Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 static int max_units = 255;
 static int margin = 60;		/* in seconds */
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/it87_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/it87_wdt.c
index d3dcc69..e2bba68 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/it87_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/it87_wdt.c
@@ -772,4 +772,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Oliver Schuster");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Hardware Watchdog Device Driver for IT87xx EC-LPC I/O");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ixp4xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ixp4xx_wdt.c
index 5580b4f..f20cc53 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ixp4xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ixp4xx_wdt.c
@@ -208,5 +208,3 @@
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c
index d1afdf6..2de486a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c
@@ -222,5 +222,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("jz4740 Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:jz4740-wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/kempld_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/kempld_wdt.c
index 8a8e3ec..a1a3638 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/kempld_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/kempld_wdt.c
@@ -578,4 +578,3 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("KEM PLD Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael Brunner <michael.brunner@kontron.com>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c
index dce9ecf..40ca559 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c
@@ -323,5 +323,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrew Victor");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for KS8695");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:ks8695_wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c
index 088fd0c..3b3148c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c
@@ -249,4 +249,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Lantiq SoC Watchdog");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/m54xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/m54xx_wdt.c
index 173494a..da6fa2b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/m54xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/m54xx_wdt.c
@@ -223,4 +223,3 @@
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/machzwd.c b/drivers/watchdog/machzwd.c
index bf84f78..9826b59 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/machzwd.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/machzwd.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Fernando Fuganti <fuganti@conectiva.com.br>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MachZ ZF-Logic Watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
 module_param(nowayout, bool, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c
index cc9d328..6d4f399 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c
@@ -258,4 +258,3 @@
 		 "(max6373/74 only, default=0)");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mixcomwd.c b/drivers/watchdog/mixcomwd.c
index 97d62ee..be86ea3 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mixcomwd.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mixcomwd.c
@@ -315,4 +315,3 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MixCom Watchdog driver");
 MODULE_VERSION(VERSION);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c
index d0ebeba..d821520 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c
@@ -330,4 +330,3 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for watchdog timer in MPC8xx/MPC83xx/MPC86xx "
 		   "uProcessors");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c
index b434111..edb31ff 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c
@@ -257,5 +257,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael Stickel, Florian Fainelli");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for the MTX-1 watchdog");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mtx1-wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c
index 2f2ff19..f9fa584 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c
@@ -323,5 +323,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MV64x60 watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" MV64x60_WDT_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/nuc900_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/nuc900_wdt.c
index b15b6ef..a0d893b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/nuc900_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/nuc900_wdt.c
@@ -307,5 +307,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Wan ZongShun <mcuos.com@gmail.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for NUC900");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:nuc900-wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/nv_tco.c b/drivers/watchdog/nv_tco.c
index 59cf19e..231e5b9 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/nv_tco.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/nv_tco.c
@@ -513,4 +513,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Mike Waychison");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TCO timer driver for NV chipsets");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/of_xilinx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/of_xilinx_wdt.c
index 4dd281f..fb57103 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/of_xilinx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/of_xilinx_wdt.c
@@ -405,4 +405,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alejandro Cabrera <aldaya@gmail.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xilinx Watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/orion_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/orion_wdt.c
index 34adb54..44edca6 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/orion_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/orion_wdt.c
@@ -225,4 +225,3 @@
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:orion_wdt");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c
index 5afb89b..5211d56 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c
@@ -580,8 +580,6 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PC87413 WDT driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-
 module_param(io, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(io, MODNAME " I/O port (default: "
 					__MODULE_STRING(IO_DEFAULT) ").");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd.c
index 33e49a7..e936f15 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>	/* For mdelay function */
 #include <linux/timer.h>	/* For timer related operations */
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>	/* For jiffies stuff */
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>	/* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR) */
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>	/* For struct miscdevice */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>	/* For the watchdog specific items */
 #include <linux/reboot.h>	/* For kernel_power_off() */
 #include <linux/init.h>		/* For __init/__exit/... */
@@ -1011,5 +1011,3 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Berkshire ISA-PC Watchdog driver");
 MODULE_VERSION(WATCHDOG_VERSION);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c
index 7890f84..b4864f2 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>	/* For the -ENODEV/... values */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>	/* For printk/panic/... */
 #include <linux/delay.h>	/* For mdelay function */
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>	/* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR) */
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>	/* For struct miscdevice */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>	/* For the watchdog specific items */
 #include <linux/notifier.h>	/* For notifier support */
 #include <linux/reboot.h>	/* For reboot_notifier stuff */
@@ -820,5 +820,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Berkshire PCI-PC Watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
index 115a0eb..53598e8 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>	/* For the -ENODEV/... values */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>	/* For printk/panic/... */
 #include <linux/delay.h>	/* For mdelay function */
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>	/* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR) */
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>	/* For struct miscdevice */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>	/* For the watchdog specific items */
 #include <linux/notifier.h>	/* For notifier support */
 #include <linux/reboot.h>	/* For reboot_notifier stuff */
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
 MODULE_LICENSE(DRIVER_LICENSE);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR);
 
 /* Module Parameters */
 module_param(debug, int, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pika_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/pika_wdt.c
index 329bc60..0cdfee2 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pika_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pika_wdt.c
@@ -299,5 +299,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sean MacLennan <smaclennan@pikatech.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PIKA FPGA based Watchdog Timer");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c
index b30bd43..1bdcc31 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c
@@ -233,5 +233,4 @@
 		 "Set to 1 to keep watchdog running after device release");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:pnx4008-watchdog");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pnx833x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/pnx833x_wdt.c
index 1b62a7d..882fdcb 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pnx833x_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pnx833x_wdt.c
@@ -278,4 +278,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Daniel Laird/Andre McCurdy");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Hardware Watchdog Device for PNX833x");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/rc32434_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/rc32434_wdt.c
index 9cf6bc7..71e78ef 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/rc32434_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/rc32434_wdt.c
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>		/* For the -ENODEV/... values */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>		/* For printk/panic/... */
 #include <linux/fs.h>			/* For file operations */
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>		/* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV
-							(WATCHDOG_MINOR) */
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>		/* For struct miscdevice */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>		/* For the watchdog specific items */
 #include <linux/init.h>			/* For __init/__exit/... */
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>	/* For platform_driver framework */
@@ -329,4 +328,3 @@
 		"Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for the IDT RC32434 SoC watchdog");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/rdc321x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/rdc321x_wdt.c
index 8d5facd..082d062 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/rdc321x_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/rdc321x_wdt.c
@@ -298,4 +298,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("RDC321x watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/rt2880_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/rt2880_wdt.c
index 4d07964..a9f8491 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/rt2880_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/rt2880_wdt.c
@@ -205,4 +205,3 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MediaTek/Ralink RT288x/RT3xxx hardware watchdog driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
index 23aad7c..7d8fd04 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h> /* for MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
@@ -539,5 +538,4 @@
 	      "Dimitry Andric <dimitry.andric@tomtom.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("S3C2410 Watchdog Device Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:s3c2410-wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sa1100_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sa1100_wdt.c
index ccd6b29..e1d39a1 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sa1100_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sa1100_wdt.c
@@ -193,4 +193,3 @@
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(margin, "Watchdog margin in seconds (default 60s)");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c b/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c
index ea5d84a..3abae50 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@
       "Watchdog timeout in microseconds (max/default 8388607 or 8.3ish secs)");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 /*
  * example code that can be put in a platform code area to utilize the
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c
index 63632ec..2eef58a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c
@@ -387,4 +387,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jakob Oestergaard <jakob@unthought.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("60xx Single Board Computer Watchdog Timer driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sbc7240_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sbc7240_wdt.c
index 719edc8..5f268ad 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc7240_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc7240_wdt.c
@@ -309,5 +309,3 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog device driver for single board"
 		   " computers EPIC Nano 7240 from iEi");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c b/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c
index d4781e0..da60560 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c
@@ -404,6 +404,5 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SBC8360 watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION("1.01");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 /* end of sbc8360.c */
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sbc_epx_c3.c b/drivers/watchdog/sbc_epx_c3.c
index 0c3e9f6..a1c502e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc_epx_c3.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc_epx_c3.c
@@ -220,4 +220,3 @@
 	"so only use it if you are *sure* you are running on this specific "
 	"SBC system from Winsystems!  It writes to IO ports 0x1ee and 0x1ef!");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c
index 90d5527..a517d8b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c
@@ -263,5 +263,3 @@
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c
index 3fb83b0..3b9fff9 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c
@@ -476,4 +476,3 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(
 	"Driver for National Semiconductor PC87307/PC97307 watchdog component");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c
index 707e027..f353e18 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c
@@ -433,4 +433,3 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(
 	"Driver for watchdog timer in AMD \"Elan\" SC520 uProcessor");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c
index af7b136..b96127e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>		/* For standard types (like size_t) */
 #include <linux/errno.h>		/* For the -ENODEV/... values */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>		/* For printk/... */
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>		/* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV
-							(WATCHDOG_MINOR) */
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>		/* For struct miscdevice */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>		/* For the watchdog specific items */
 #include <linux/init.h>			/* For __init/__exit/... */
 #include <linux/fs.h>			/* For file operations */
@@ -545,5 +544,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SMSC SCH311x WatchDog Timer Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/scx200_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/scx200_wdt.c
index 8ae7c28..836377c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/scx200_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/scx200_wdt.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Christer Weinigel <wingel@nano-system.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("NatSemi SCx200 Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 static int margin = 60;		/* in seconds */
 module_param(margin, int, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c
index 5bca794..f9b8e06 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SuperH watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRV_NAME);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 module_param(clock_division_ratio, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(clock_division_ratio,
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c
index 6d665f9..445ea1a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c
@@ -603,8 +603,6 @@
 								VERSION ")");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-
 #ifdef SMSC_SUPPORT_MINUTES
 module_param(unit, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(unit,
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c b/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
index b68b1e5..ef2638f 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
@@ -207,4 +207,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alan Cox");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Software Watchdog Device Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sp5100_tco.c b/drivers/watchdog/sp5100_tco.c
index 0e9d8c4..ce63a1b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sp5100_tco.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sp5100_tco.c
@@ -580,4 +580,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Priyanka Gupta");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TCO timer driver for SP5100/SB800 chipset");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/stmp3xxx_rtc_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/stmp3xxx_rtc_wdt.c
index 7bf8c50..d667f6b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/stmp3xxx_rtc_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/stmp3xxx_rtc_wdt.c
@@ -108,4 +108,3 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("STMP3XXX RTC Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c
index 88f23c5..0fd0e8a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c
@@ -176,5 +176,4 @@
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TXx9 Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:txx9wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ux500_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ux500_wdt.c
index d9af934..e029b57 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ux500_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ux500_wdt.c
@@ -167,5 +167,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jonas Aaberg <jonas.aberg@stericsson.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Ux500 Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:ux500_wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c
index 92f1326..da6781c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c
@@ -396,4 +396,3 @@
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Pádraig  Brady <P@draigBrady.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("w83627hf/thf WDT driver");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
index cd9f3c1..aaf2995 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
@@ -458,4 +458,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Marcus Junker <junker@anduras.de>, "
 		"Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("w83697hf/hg WDT driver");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83697ug_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83697ug_wdt.c
index 274be0b..ff58cb7 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83697ug_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83697ug_wdt.c
@@ -395,4 +395,3 @@
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Flemming Frandsen <ff@nrvissing.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("w83697ug/uf WDT driver");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c
index 7874ae0..f0483c7 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c
@@ -406,4 +406,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Scott and Bill Jennings");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for watchdog timer in w83877f chip");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c
index 5d2c902..91bf55a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c
@@ -527,4 +527,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jose Goncalves <jose.goncalves@inov.pt>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for watchdog timer in W83977F I/O chip");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wafer5823wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/wafer5823wdt.c
index 25aba6e..db0da7e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wafer5823wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wafer5823wdt.c
@@ -322,6 +322,5 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Justin Cormack");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ICP Wafer 5823 Single Board Computer WDT driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 /* end of wafer5823wdt.c */
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdrtas.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdrtas.c
index 3045deb..0240c60 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdrtas.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdrtas.c
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Utz Bacher <utz.bacher@de.ibm.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("RTAS watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR);
 
 static bool wdrtas_nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
 static atomic_t wdrtas_miscdev_open = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
index ee4333c..e0206b5 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
@@ -664,6 +664,4 @@
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alan Cox");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for ISA ICS watchdog cards (WDT500/501)");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt285.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt285.c
index 5eec740..7355ddd0 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt285.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt285.c
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Phil Blundell <pb@nexus.co.uk>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Footbridge watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 module_param(soft_margin, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_margin, "Watchdog timeout in seconds");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c
index 65a4023..a8e6f87 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c
@@ -507,4 +507,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Woody Suwalski <woodys@xandros.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("W83977AF Watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
index 36a54c0..ee89ba4 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
@@ -744,5 +744,3 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("JP Nollmann, Alan Cox");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for the ICS PCI-WDT500/501 watchdog cards");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/xen_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/xen_wdt.c
index 92ad33d..7a42dff 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/xen_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/xen_wdt.c
@@ -362,4 +362,3 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xen WatchDog Timer Driver");
 MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);