diff --git a/include/sound/core.h b/include/sound/core.h
index 0a14885..ed56a35 100644
--- a/include/sound/core.h
+++ b/include/sound/core.h
@@ -284,31 +284,6 @@
 
 /* memory.c */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_MEMORY
-void snd_memory_init(void);
-void snd_memory_done(void);
-int snd_memory_info_init(void);
-int snd_memory_info_done(void);
-void *snd_hidden_kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
-void *snd_hidden_kzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
-void *snd_hidden_kcalloc(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags);
-void snd_hidden_kfree(const void *obj);
-char *snd_hidden_kstrdup(const char *s, gfp_t flags);
-#define kmalloc(size, flags) snd_hidden_kmalloc(size, flags)
-#define kzalloc(size, flags) snd_hidden_kzalloc(size, flags)
-#define kcalloc(n, size, flags) snd_hidden_kcalloc(n, size, flags)
-#define kfree(obj) snd_hidden_kfree(obj)
-#define kmalloc_nocheck(size, flags) snd_wrapper_kmalloc(size, flags)
-#define kfree_nocheck(obj) snd_wrapper_kfree(obj)
-#define kstrdup(s, flags)  snd_hidden_kstrdup(s, flags)
-#else
-#define snd_memory_init() /*NOP*/
-#define snd_memory_done() /*NOP*/
-#define snd_memory_info_init() /*NOP*/
-#define snd_memory_info_done() /*NOP*/
-#define kmalloc_nocheck(size, flags) kmalloc(size, flags)
-#define kfree_nocheck(obj) kfree(obj)
-#endif
 int copy_to_user_fromio(void __user *dst, const volatile void __iomem *src, size_t count);
 int copy_from_user_toio(volatile void __iomem *dst, const void __user *src, size_t count);
 
diff --git a/include/sound/driver.h b/include/sound/driver.h
index 7973e0c..3f0416a 100644
--- a/include/sound/driver.h
+++ b/include/sound/driver.h
@@ -44,17 +44,4 @@
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
-/*
- *  ==========================================================================
- */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_MEMORY
-#include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
-void *snd_wrapper_kmalloc(size_t, gfp_t);
-#undef kmalloc
-void snd_wrapper_kfree(const void *);
-#undef kfree
-#endif
-
 #endif /* __SOUND_DRIVER_H */
diff --git a/sound/core/Kconfig b/sound/core/Kconfig
index 48cf45c..8271883 100644
--- a/sound/core/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/core/Kconfig
@@ -127,12 +127,6 @@
 	help
 	  Say Y here to enable ALSA debug code.
 
-config SND_DEBUG_MEMORY
-	bool "Debug memory"
-	depends on SND_DEBUG
-	help
-	  Say Y here to enable debugging of memory allocations.
-
 config SND_DEBUG_DETECT
 	bool "Debug detection"
 	depends on SND_DEBUG
diff --git a/sound/core/Makefile b/sound/core/Makefile
index 969d755..5a01c76 100644
--- a/sound/core/Makefile
+++ b/sound/core/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 1999,2001 by Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
 #
 
-snd-objs     := sound.o init.o memory.o info.o control.o misc.o \
-                device.o wrappers.o
+snd-objs     := sound.o init.o memory.o info.o control.o misc.o device.o
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API),y)
 snd-objs     += isadma.o
 endif
diff --git a/sound/core/info.c b/sound/core/info.c
index 37024d6..39f9b97 100644
--- a/sound/core/info.c
+++ b/sound/core/info.c
@@ -566,7 +566,6 @@
 	}
 #endif
 	snd_info_version_init();
-	snd_memory_info_init();
 	snd_minor_info_init();
 	snd_minor_info_oss_init();
 	snd_card_info_init();
@@ -578,7 +577,6 @@
 	snd_card_info_done();
 	snd_minor_info_oss_done();
 	snd_minor_info_done();
-	snd_memory_info_done();
 	snd_info_version_done();
 	if (snd_proc_root) {
 #if defined(CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER) || defined(CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_MODULE)
diff --git a/sound/core/memory.c b/sound/core/memory.c
index b993436..862d62d 100644
--- a/sound/core/memory.c
+++ b/sound/core/memory.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  *  Copyright (c) by Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
  * 
- *  Memory allocation helpers.
+ *  Misc memory accessors
  *
  *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -20,168 +20,9 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include <sound/driver.h>
+#include <linux/config.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/time.h>
-#include <linux/pci.h>
-#include <sound/core.h>
-#include <sound/info.h>
-
-/*
- *  memory allocation helpers and debug routines
- */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_MEMORY
-
-struct snd_alloc_track {
-	unsigned long magic;
-	void *caller;
-	size_t size;
-	struct list_head list;
-	long data[0];
-};
-
-#define snd_alloc_track_entry(obj) (struct snd_alloc_track *)((char*)obj - (unsigned long)((struct snd_alloc_track *)0)->data)
-
-static long snd_alloc_kmalloc;
-static LIST_HEAD(snd_alloc_kmalloc_list);
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(snd_alloc_kmalloc_lock);
-#define KMALLOC_MAGIC 0x87654321
-static snd_info_entry_t *snd_memory_info_entry;
-
-void __init snd_memory_init(void)
-{
-	snd_alloc_kmalloc = 0;
-}
-
-void snd_memory_done(void)
-{
-	struct list_head *head;
-	struct snd_alloc_track *t;
-
-	if (snd_alloc_kmalloc > 0)
-		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "Not freed snd_alloc_kmalloc = %li\n", snd_alloc_kmalloc);
-	list_for_each_prev(head, &snd_alloc_kmalloc_list) {
-		t = list_entry(head, struct snd_alloc_track, list);
-		if (t->magic != KMALLOC_MAGIC) {
-			snd_printk(KERN_ERR "Corrupted kmalloc\n");
-			break;
-		}
-		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "kmalloc(%ld) from %p not freed\n", (long) t->size, t->caller);
-	}
-}
-
-static void *__snd_kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags, void *caller)
-{
-	unsigned long cpu_flags;
-	struct snd_alloc_track *t;
-	void *ptr;
-	
-	ptr = snd_wrapper_kmalloc(size + sizeof(struct snd_alloc_track), flags);
-	if (ptr != NULL) {
-		t = (struct snd_alloc_track *)ptr;
-		t->magic = KMALLOC_MAGIC;
-		t->caller = caller;
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&snd_alloc_kmalloc_lock, cpu_flags);
-		list_add_tail(&t->list, &snd_alloc_kmalloc_list);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&snd_alloc_kmalloc_lock, cpu_flags);
-		t->size = size;
-		snd_alloc_kmalloc += size;
-		ptr = t->data;
-	}
-	return ptr;
-}
-
-#define _snd_kmalloc(size, flags) __snd_kmalloc((size), (flags), __builtin_return_address(0));
-void *snd_hidden_kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
-{
-	return _snd_kmalloc(size, flags);
-}
-
-void *snd_hidden_kzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
-{
-	void *ret = _snd_kmalloc(size, flags);
-	if (ret)
-		memset(ret, 0, size);
-	return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_hidden_kzalloc);
-
-void *snd_hidden_kcalloc(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
-{
-	void *ret = NULL;
-	if (n != 0 && size > INT_MAX / n)
-		return ret;
-	return snd_hidden_kzalloc(n * size, flags);
-}
-
-void snd_hidden_kfree(const void *obj)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-	struct snd_alloc_track *t;
-	if (obj == NULL)
-		return;
-	t = snd_alloc_track_entry(obj);
-	if (t->magic != KMALLOC_MAGIC) {
-		snd_printk(KERN_WARNING "bad kfree (called from %p)\n", __builtin_return_address(0));
-		return;
-	}
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&snd_alloc_kmalloc_lock, flags);
-	list_del(&t->list);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&snd_alloc_kmalloc_lock, flags);
-	t->magic = 0;
-	snd_alloc_kmalloc -= t->size;
-	obj = t;
-	snd_wrapper_kfree(obj);
-}
-
-char *snd_hidden_kstrdup(const char *s, gfp_t flags)
-{
-	int len;
-	char *buf;
-
-	if (!s) return NULL;
-
-	len = strlen(s) + 1;
-	buf = _snd_kmalloc(len, flags);
-	if (buf)
-		memcpy(buf, s, len);
-	return buf;
-}
-
-static void snd_memory_info_read(snd_info_entry_t *entry, snd_info_buffer_t * buffer)
-{
-	snd_iprintf(buffer, "kmalloc: %li bytes\n", snd_alloc_kmalloc);
-}
-
-int __init snd_memory_info_init(void)
-{
-	snd_info_entry_t *entry;
-
-	entry = snd_info_create_module_entry(THIS_MODULE, "meminfo", NULL);
-	if (entry) {
-		entry->c.text.read_size = 256;
-		entry->c.text.read = snd_memory_info_read;
-		if (snd_info_register(entry) < 0) {
-			snd_info_free_entry(entry);
-			entry = NULL;
-		}
-	}
-	snd_memory_info_entry = entry;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int __exit snd_memory_info_done(void)
-{
-	if (snd_memory_info_entry)
-		snd_info_unregister(snd_memory_info_entry);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_MEMORY */
 
 /**
  * copy_to_user_fromio - copy data from mmio-space to user-space
diff --git a/sound/core/misc.c b/sound/core/misc.c
index 3eddfde..b53e563 100644
--- a/sound/core/misc.c
+++ b/sound/core/misc.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 {
 	if (res) {
 		release_resource(res);
-		kfree_nocheck(res);
+		kfree(res);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/sound/core/sound.c b/sound/core/sound.c
index e94eebd..dee6022 100644
--- a/sound/core/sound.c
+++ b/sound/core/sound.c
@@ -350,9 +350,7 @@
 		devfs_remove("snd");
 		return -EIO;
 	}
-	snd_memory_init();
 	if (snd_info_init() < 0) {
-		snd_memory_done();
 		unregister_chrdev(major, "alsa");
 		devfs_remove("snd");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -381,7 +379,6 @@
 #endif
 	snd_info_minor_unregister();
 	snd_info_done();
-	snd_memory_done();
 	if (unregister_chrdev(major, "alsa") != 0)
 		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "unable to unregister major device number %d\n", major);
 	devfs_remove("snd");
@@ -403,12 +400,6 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_unregister_oss_device);
 #endif
   /* memory.c */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_MEMORY
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_hidden_kmalloc);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_hidden_kcalloc);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_hidden_kfree);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_hidden_kstrdup);
-#endif
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_to_user_fromio);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_from_user_toio);
   /* init.c */
@@ -492,8 +483,3 @@
 #if defined(CONFIG_SND_DEBUG) && defined(CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_verbose_printd);
 #endif
-  /* wrappers */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_MEMORY
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_wrapper_kmalloc);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_wrapper_kfree);
-#endif