diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 81b3e69eb8..8734431da8 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -82,25 +82,6 @@ dist-hook:
 	$(SED) ${ac_inplace} -e 's/Release:[[:print:]]*/Release:      $(RELEASE)/' \
 		$(distdir)/META
 
-if BUILD_LINUX
-# For compatibility, create a matching spl-x.y.z directly which contains
-# symlinks to the updated header and object file locations.  These
-# compatibility links will be removed in the next major release.
-if CONFIG_KERNEL
-install-data-hook:
-	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/src/spl-$(VERSION) && \
-	mkdir $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/src/spl-$(VERSION) && \
-	cd $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/src/spl-$(VERSION) && \
-	ln -s ../zfs-$(VERSION)/include/spl include && \
-	ln -s ../zfs-$(VERSION)/$(LINUX_VERSION) $(LINUX_VERSION) && \
-	ln -s ../zfs-$(VERSION)/zfs_config.h.in spl_config.h.in && \
-	ln -s ../zfs-$(VERSION)/zfs.release.in spl.release.in && \
-	cd $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/src/zfs-$(VERSION)/$(LINUX_VERSION) && \
-	ln -fs zfs_config.h spl_config.h && \
-	ln -fs zfs.release spl.release
-endif
-endif
-
 PHONY += codecheck
 codecheck: cstyle shellcheck checkbashisms flake8 mancheck testscheck vcscheck zstdcheck
 
diff --git a/rpm/redhat/zfs-kmod.spec.in b/rpm/redhat/zfs-kmod.spec.in
index 2cb0623aa0..7ee04e2340 100644
--- a/rpm/redhat/zfs-kmod.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/redhat/zfs-kmod.spec.in
@@ -89,4 +89,3 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files -n kmod-%{kmod_name}-devel
 %{_usrsrc}/%{kmod_name}-%{version}
-%{_usrsrc}/spl-%{version}
diff --git a/scripts/kmodtool b/scripts/kmodtool
index afbb6ab3b0..f66341196a 100755
--- a/scripts/kmodtool
+++ b/scripts/kmodtool
@@ -263,16 +263,10 @@ the ${kmodname}-devel-<kernel> objects for the newest kernel.
 %defattr(644,root,root,755)
 %{_usrsrc}/${kmodname}-%{version}
 EOF
-	if [ -n "${obsolete_name}" ]; then
-		echo "%{_usrsrc}/${obsolete_name}-%{version}"
-	fi
 
 	for kernel in ${1}; do
 		local kernel_uname_r=${kernel}
 		echo "%exclude %{_usrsrc}/${kmodname}-%{version}/${kernel_uname_r}"
-		if [ -n "${obsolete_name}" ]; then
-			echo "%exclude %{_usrsrc}/${obsolete_name}-%{version}/${kernel_uname_r}"
-		fi
 	done
 
 	echo
@@ -328,9 +322,6 @@ kernel ${kernel_uname_r} for the %{_target_cpu} family of processors.
 %defattr(644,root,root,755)
 %{_usrsrc}/${kmodname}-%{version}/${kernel_uname_r}
 EOF
-	if [ -n "${obsolete_name}" ]; then
-		echo "%{_usrsrc}/${obsolete_name}-%{version}/${kernel_uname_r}"
-	fi
 }
 
 print_rpmtemplate_kmodmetapkg ()