diff --git a/config/kernel-mod-param.m4 b/config/kernel-mod-param.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index e00f19d61..000000000
--- a/config/kernel-mod-param.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-dnl #
-dnl # Grsecurity kernel API change
-dnl # constified parameters of module_param_call() methods
-dnl #
-AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_MODULE_PARAM_CALL_CONST], [
-	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_SRC([module_param_call], [
-		#include <linux/module.h>
-		#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
-
-		int param_get(char *b, const struct kernel_param *kp)
-		{
-			return (0);
-		}
-
-		int param_set(const char *b, const struct kernel_param *kp)
-		{
-			return (0);
-		}
-
-		module_param_call(p, param_set, param_get, NULL, 0644);
-	],[])
-])
-
-AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_MODULE_PARAM_CALL_CONST], [
-	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether module_param_call() is hardened])
-	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_RESULT([module_param_call], [
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-		AC_DEFINE(MODULE_PARAM_CALL_CONST, 1,
-		    [hardened module_param_call])
-	],[
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-	])
-])
diff --git a/config/kernel.m4 b/config/kernel.m4
index 6aad2cf88..8a5c9296a 100644
--- a/config/kernel.m4
+++ b/config/kernel.m4
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TEST_SRC], [
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_FMODE_T
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_KUIDGID_T
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_KUID_HELPERS
-	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_MODULE_PARAM_CALL_CONST
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_RENAME
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_CURRENT_TIME
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_USERNS_CAPABILITIES
@@ -243,7 +242,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TEST_RESULT], [
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_FMODE_T
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_KUIDGID_T
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_KUID_HELPERS
-	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_MODULE_PARAM_CALL_CONST
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_RENAME
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_CURRENT_TIME
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_USERNS_CAPABILITIES
diff --git a/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/mod_compat.h b/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/mod_compat.h
index a091bbfe1..1b15f9c6e 100644
--- a/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/mod_compat.h
+++ b/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/mod_compat.h
@@ -30,12 +30,16 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 
-/* Grsecurity kernel API change */
-#ifdef MODULE_PARAM_CALL_CONST
+/*
+ * Despite constifying struct kernel_param_ops, some older kernels define a
+ * `__check_old_set_param()` function in their headers that checks for a
+ * non-constified `->set()`. This has long been fixed in Linux mainline, but
+ * since we support older kernels, we workaround it by using a preprocessor
+ * definition to disable it.
+ */
+#define	__check_old_set_param(_) (0)
+
 typedef const struct kernel_param zfs_kernel_param_t;
-#else
-typedef struct kernel_param zfs_kernel_param_t;
-#endif
 
 #define	ZMOD_RW 0644
 #define	ZMOD_RD 0444