diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fdae51469b..c67792930b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	module/zcommon/Makefile
 	module/zfs/Makefile
 	module/zpios/Makefile
-	module/zpios/include/Makefile
 	scripts/Makefile
 	scripts/zpool-config/Makefile
 	scripts/zpios-test/Makefile
diff --git a/module/Makefile.in b/module/Makefile.in
index 2dfd043cb4..993b7fc3e9 100644
--- a/module/Makefile.in
+++ b/module/Makefile.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ subdir-m += nvpair
 subdir-m += unicode
 subdir-m += zcommon
 subdir-m += zfs
+subdir-m += zpios
 
 modules clean:
 	# Make the exported SPL symbols available to these modules.
diff --git a/module/zpios/Makefile.in b/module/zpios/Makefile.in
index c93e666da2..4924082a13 100644
--- a/module/zpios/Makefile.in
+++ b/module/zpios/Makefile.in
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-subdir-m += include
-DISTFILES = zpios.c
-
 MODULE := zpios
 
 EXTRA_CFLAGS  = -I@MODDIR@/zfs/include
diff --git a/module/zpios/include/Makefile.in b/module/zpios/include/Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 3aa71bfa19..0000000000
--- a/module/zpios/include/Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DISTFILES = zpios-ctl.h zpios-internal.h