diff --git a/scripts/leaking_addresses.pl b/scripts/leaking_addresses.pl
index 94b22d5b9237..719ed0aaede7 100755
--- a/scripts/leaking_addresses.pl
+++ b/scripts/leaking_addresses.pl
@@ -7,25 +7,6 @@
 #  - Scans dmesg output.
 #  - Walks directory tree and parses each file (for each directory in @DIRS).
 #
-# You can configure the behaviour of the script;
-#
-#  - By adding paths, for directories you do not want to walk;
-#     absolute paths: @skip_walk_dirs_abs
-#     directory names: @skip_walk_dirs_any
-#
-#  - By adding paths, for files you do not want to parse;
-#     absolute paths: @skip_parse_files_abs
-#     file names: @skip_parse_files_any
-#
-# The use of @skip_xxx_xxx_any causes files to be skipped where ever they occur.
-# For example adding 'fd' to @skip_walk_dirs_any causes the fd/ directory to be
-# skipped for all PID sub-directories of /proc
-#
-# The same thing can be achieved by passing command line options to --dont-walk
-# and --dont-parse. If absolute paths are supplied to these options they are
-# appended to the @skip_xxx_xxx_abs arrays. If file names are supplied to these
-# options, they are appended to the @skip_xxx_xxx_any arrays.
-#
 # Use --debug to output path before parsing, this is useful to find files that
 # cause the script to choke.
 #
@@ -50,8 +31,6 @@ my @DIRS = ('/proc', '/sys');
 # Command line options.
 my $help = 0;
 my $debug = 0;
-my @dont_walk = ();
-my @dont_parse = ();
 
 # Do not parse these files (absolute path).
 my @skip_parse_files_abs = ('/proc/kmsg',
@@ -96,20 +75,9 @@ Version: $V
 
 Options:
 
-	--dont-walk=<dir>      Don't walk tree starting at <dir>.
-	--dont-parse=<file>    Don't parse <file>.
 	-d, --debug                Display debugging output.
 	-h, --help, --version      Display this help and exit.
 
-If an absolute path is passed to --dont_XXX then this path is skipped. If a
-single filename is passed then this file/directory will be skipped when
-appearing under any subdirectory.
-
-Example:
-
-	# Just scan dmesg output.
-	scripts/leaking_addresses.pl --dont_walk_abs /proc --dont_walk_abs /sys
-
 Scans the running (64 bit) kernel for potential leaking addresses.
 
 EOM
@@ -117,8 +85,6 @@ EOM
 }
 
 GetOptions(
-	'dont-walk=s'		=> \@dont_walk,
-	'dont-parse=s'		=> \@dont_parse,
 	'd|debug'		=> \$debug,
 	'h|help'		=> \$help,
 	'version'		=> \$help
@@ -126,8 +92,6 @@ GetOptions(
 
 help(0) if ($help);
 
-push_to_global();
-
 parse_dmesg();
 walk(@DIRS);
 
@@ -138,28 +102,6 @@ sub dprint
 	printf(STDERR @_) if $debug;
 }
 
-sub push_in_abs_any
-{
-	my ($in, $abs, $any) = @_;
-
-	foreach my $path (@$in) {
-		if (File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute($path)) {
-			push @$abs, $path;
-		} elsif (index($path,'/') == -1) {
-			push @$any, $path;
-		} else {
-			print 'path error: ' . $path;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-# Push command line options to global arrays.
-sub push_to_global
-{
-	push_in_abs_any(\@dont_walk, \@skip_walk_dirs_abs, \@skip_walk_dirs_any);
-	push_in_abs_any(\@dont_parse, \@skip_parse_files_abs, \@skip_parse_files_any);
-}
-
 sub is_false_positive
 {
 	my ($match) = @_;