diff --git a/zfcpdump/zfcpdump.c b/zfcpdump/zfcpdump.c
index 21bb53cf..e8253089 100644
--- a/zfcpdump/zfcpdump.c
+++ b/zfcpdump/zfcpdump.c
@@ -359,41 +359,10 @@ void show_progress(unsigned long done)
 	time_next = tv.tv_sec + 10;
 }
 
-/*
- * Load a kernel module
- */
-static void modprobe(const char *module)
-{
-	pid_t pid;
-
-	pid = fork();
-	if (pid < 0) {
-		PRINT_PERR("fork failed\n");
-		return;
-	} else if (pid == 0) {
-		execl("/bin/modprobe", "modprobe", module, "-q", NULL);
-		execl("/sbin/modprobe", "modprobe", module, "-q", NULL);
-		exit(1);
-	} else {
-		waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
-	}
-}
-
-/*
- * Load all required kernel modules
- */
-static void load_modules(const char *module_list[])
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; module_list[i]; i++)
-		modprobe(module_list[i]);
-}
-
 /*
  * Initialize zfcpdump
  */
-int zfcpdump_init(const char *module_list[])
+int zfcpdump_init(void)
 {
 	char start_time_str[128], linux_version[256];
 
@@ -436,7 +405,6 @@ int zfcpdump_init(const char *module_list[])
 		PRINT_ERR("Could not parse parmline\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	load_modules(module_list);
 	if (enable_zfcp_device()) {
 		PRINT_ERR("Could not enable dump device\n");
 		return -1;
diff --git a/zfcpdump/zfcpdump.h b/zfcpdump/zfcpdump.h
index 3b234edd..892c2841 100644
--- a/zfcpdump/zfcpdump.h
+++ b/zfcpdump/zfcpdump.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct mem_chunk {
  */
 void release_hsa(void);
 __u64 get_hsa_size(void);
-int zfcpdump_init(const char *module_list[]);
+int zfcpdump_init(void);
 void print_newline(void);
 void show_progress(unsigned long done);
 int terminate(int rc);
diff --git a/zfcpdump/zfcpdump_part.c b/zfcpdump/zfcpdump_part.c
index ddfb8b26..c243159a 100644
--- a/zfcpdump/zfcpdump_part.c
+++ b/zfcpdump/zfcpdump_part.c
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ struct scsi_mbr {
 /*
  * Globals
  */
-static const char *module_list[] = {"zfcp", "sd_mod", "zcore_mod", NULL};
 static struct scsi_dump_sb dump_sb;
 static struct scsi_mbr mbr;
 
@@ -440,7 +439,7 @@ int main(int UNUSED(argc), char *UNUSED(argv[]))
 {
 	int rc;
 
-	if (zfcpdump_init(module_list))
+	if (zfcpdump_init())
 		return terminate(1);
 	PRINT("Dump parameters:\n");
 	PRINT(" devno....: %s\n", g.dump_devno);