diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 494d7d09..3531930a 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST =				\
 	linux/ia64/syscallent.h		\
 	linux/ia64/userent.h		\
 	linux/inet_diag.h		\
-	linux/inotify.h			\
 	linux/kexec.h			\
 	linux/keyctl.h			\
 	linux/m68k/ioctls_arch0.h	\
diff --git a/inotify.c b/inotify.c
index 32f6b311..81c8c5d8 100644
--- a/inotify.c
+++ b/inotify.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "defs.h"
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <linux/inotify.h>
 
 #include "xlat/inotify_flags.h"
 #include "xlat/inotify_init_flags.h"
diff --git a/linux/inotify.h b/linux/inotify.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 0af03078..00000000
--- a/linux/inotify.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Inode based directory notification for Linux
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2005 John McCutchan
- */
-
-#ifndef _LINUX_INOTIFY_H
-#define _LINUX_INOTIFY_H
-
-/* the following are legal, implemented events that user-space can watch for */
-#define IN_ACCESS		0x00000001	/* File was accessed */
-#define IN_MODIFY		0x00000002	/* File was modified */
-#define IN_ATTRIB		0x00000004	/* Metadata changed */
-#define IN_CLOSE_WRITE		0x00000008	/* Writtable file was closed */
-#define IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE	0x00000010	/* Unwrittable file closed */
-#define IN_OPEN			0x00000020	/* File was opened */
-#define IN_MOVED_FROM		0x00000040	/* File was moved from X */
-#define IN_MOVED_TO		0x00000080	/* File was moved to Y */
-#define IN_CREATE		0x00000100	/* Subfile was created */
-#define IN_DELETE		0x00000200	/* Subfile was deleted */
-#define IN_DELETE_SELF		0x00000400	/* Self was deleted */
-#define IN_MOVE_SELF		0x00000800	/* Self was moved */
-
-/* the following are legal events.  they are sent as needed to any watch */
-#define IN_UNMOUNT		0x00002000	/* Backing fs was unmounted */
-#define IN_Q_OVERFLOW		0x00004000	/* Event queued overflowed */
-#define IN_IGNORED		0x00008000	/* File was ignored */
-
-/* helper events */
-#define IN_CLOSE		(IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE) /* close */
-#define IN_MOVE			(IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVED_TO) /* moves */
-
-/* special flags */
-#define IN_ONLYDIR		0x01000000	/* only watch the path if it is a directory */
-#define IN_DONT_FOLLOW		0x02000000	/* don't follow a sym link */
-#define IN_EXCL_UNLINK		0x04000000	/* exclude events on unlinked objects */
-#define IN_MASK_ADD		0x20000000	/* add to the mask of an already existing watch */
-#define IN_ISDIR		0x40000000	/* event occurred against dir */
-#define IN_ONESHOT		0x80000000	/* only send event once */
-
-
-#endif /* _LINUX_INOTIFY_H */
diff --git a/xlat/inotify_flags.in b/xlat/inotify_flags.in
index 605b8642..db1d8393 100644
--- a/xlat/inotify_flags.in
+++ b/xlat/inotify_flags.in
@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
-IN_ACCESS
-IN_MODIFY
-IN_ATTRIB
-IN_CLOSE
-IN_CLOSE_WRITE
-IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE
-IN_OPEN
-IN_MOVE
-IN_MOVED_FROM
-IN_MOVED_TO
-IN_CREATE
-IN_DELETE
-IN_DELETE_SELF
-IN_MOVE_SELF
-IN_UNMOUNT
-IN_Q_OVERFLOW
-IN_IGNORED
-IN_ONLYDIR
-IN_DONT_FOLLOW
-IN_EXCL_UNLINK
-IN_MASK_ADD
-IN_ISDIR
-IN_ONESHOT
+IN_ACCESS 0x00000001
+IN_MODIFY 0x00000002
+IN_ATTRIB 0x00000004
+IN_CLOSE_WRITE 0x00000008
+IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE 0x00000010
+IN_OPEN 0x00000020
+IN_MOVED_FROM 0x00000040
+IN_MOVED_TO 0x00000080
+IN_CREATE 0x00000100
+IN_DELETE 0x00000200
+IN_DELETE_SELF 0x00000400
+IN_MOVE_SELF 0x00000800
+IN_UNMOUNT 0x00002000
+IN_Q_OVERFLOW 0x00004000
+IN_IGNORED 0x00008000
+IN_ONLYDIR 0x01000000
+IN_DONT_FOLLOW 0x02000000
+IN_EXCL_UNLINK 0x04000000
+IN_MASK_ADD 0x20000000
+IN_ISDIR 0x40000000
+IN_ONESHOT 0x80000000