diff --git a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
index 853845abcca676889bc854da217082de463e637a..55e8ee1900a5e9b2b2a9b4214be83561eafd5ebe 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
+++ b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ config BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC
 	  It is also possible to run FDPIC ELF binaries on MMU linux also.
 
 config BINFMT_FLAT
-	tristate "Kernel support for flat binaries"
+	bool "Kernel support for flat binaries"
 	depends on !MMU
 	help
 	  Support uClinux FLAT format binaries.
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index 0498b181dd525cc4855b3284353abec948633e7e..c12cc362fd3bc2a230716810c9edab2552335512 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -932,14 +932,8 @@ static int __init init_flat_binfmt(void)
 	return register_binfmt(&flat_format);
 }
 
-static void __exit exit_flat_binfmt(void)
-{
-	unregister_binfmt(&flat_format);
-}
-
 /****************************************************************************/
 
 core_initcall(init_flat_binfmt);
-module_exit(exit_flat_binfmt);
 
 /****************************************************************************/