diff --git a/src/abg-dwarf-reader.cc b/src/abg-dwarf-reader.cc
index 3adb978b784b..ec1f9f3fe8f3 100644
--- a/src/abg-dwarf-reader.cc
+++ b/src/abg-dwarf-reader.cc
@@ -5939,7 +5939,7 @@ public:
 
     address_set_sptr set;
     bool looking_at_linux_kernel_binary =
-      load_in_linux_kernel_mode() && is_linux_kernel_binary();
+      load_in_linux_kernel_mode() && is_linux_kernel(elf_handle());
 
     if (looking_at_linux_kernel_binary)
       {
@@ -5979,7 +5979,7 @@ public:
 
     address_set_sptr set;
     bool looking_at_linux_kernel_binary =
-      load_in_linux_kernel_mode() && is_linux_kernel_binary();
+      load_in_linux_kernel_mode() && is_linux_kernel(elf_handle());
 
     if (looking_at_linux_kernel_binary)
       {
@@ -6920,7 +6920,7 @@ public:
 	  {
 	    // Since Linux kernel modules are relocatable, we can first try
 	    // using a heuristic based on relocations to guess the ksymtab format.
-	    if (is_linux_kernel_module())
+	    if (is_linux_kernel_module(elf_handle()))
 	     {
 	       ksymtab_format_ = get_ksymtab_format_module();
 	       if (ksymtab_format_ != UNDEFINED_KSYMTAB_FORMAT)
@@ -7467,7 +7467,7 @@ public:
 						 load_undefined_fun_map,
 						 load_undefined_var_map))
 	  {
-	    if (load_in_linux_kernel_mode() && is_linux_kernel_binary())
+	    if (load_in_linux_kernel_mode() && is_linux_kernel(elf_handle()))
 	      return load_linux_specific_exported_symbol_maps();
 	    return true;
 	  }
@@ -8166,30 +8166,6 @@ public:
   load_in_linux_kernel_mode(bool f)
   {options_.load_in_linux_kernel_mode = f;}
 
-  /// Guess if the current binary is a Linux Kernel or a Linux Kernel module.
-  ///
-  /// To guess that, the function looks for the presence of the
-  /// special "__ksymtab_strings" section in the binary.
-  ///
-  bool
-  is_linux_kernel_binary() const
-  {
-    return find_section(elf_handle(), "__ksymtab_strings", SHT_PROGBITS)
-	   || is_linux_kernel_module();
-  }
-
-  /// Guess if the current binary is a Linux Kernel module.
-  ///
-  /// To guess that, the function looks for the presence of the special
-  /// ".modinfo" and ".gnu.linkonce.this_module" sections in the binary.
-  ///
-  bool
-  is_linux_kernel_module() const
-  {
-    return find_section(elf_handle(), ".modinfo", SHT_PROGBITS)
-	   && find_section(elf_handle(), ".gnu.linkonce.this_module", SHT_PROGBITS);
-  }
-
   /// Getter of the "show_stats" flag.
   ///
   /// This flag tells if we should emit statistics about various
@@ -16322,7 +16298,7 @@ read_debug_info_into_corpus(read_context& ctxt)
   // First set some mundane properties of the corpus gathered from
   // ELF.
   ctxt.current_corpus()->set_path(ctxt.elf_path());
-  if (ctxt.is_linux_kernel_binary())
+  if (is_linux_kernel(ctxt.elf_handle()))
     ctxt.current_corpus()->set_origin(corpus::LINUX_KERNEL_BINARY_ORIGIN);
   else
     ctxt.current_corpus()->set_origin(corpus::DWARF_ORIGIN);
@@ -16335,7 +16311,8 @@ read_debug_info_into_corpus(read_context& ctxt)
   // Set symbols information to the corpus.
   if (!get_ignore_symbol_table(ctxt))
     {
-      if (ctxt.load_in_linux_kernel_mode() && ctxt.is_linux_kernel_binary())
+      if (ctxt.load_in_linux_kernel_mode()
+	  && is_linux_kernel(ctxt.elf_handle()))
 	{
 	  string_elf_symbols_map_sptr exported_fn_symbols_map
 	    (new string_elf_symbols_map_type);
diff --git a/src/abg-elf-helpers.cc b/src/abg-elf-helpers.cc
index ff0941dc6536..ede191014369 100644
--- a/src/abg-elf-helpers.cc
+++ b/src/abg-elf-helpers.cc
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ get_symbol_versionning_sections(Elf*		elf_handle,
 Elf_Scn*
 find_ksymtab_strings_section(Elf *elf_handle)
 {
-  if (binary_is_linux_kernel(elf_handle))
+  if (is_linux_kernel(elf_handle))
     return find_section(elf_handle, "__ksymtab_strings", SHT_PROGBITS);
   return 0;
 }
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ get_version_for_symbol(Elf*			elf_handle,
 /// @return true iff the binary denoted by @p elf_handle is a Linux
 /// kernel module.
 bool
-binary_is_linux_kernel_module(Elf *elf_handle)
+is_linux_kernel_module(Elf *elf_handle)
 {
   return (find_section(elf_handle, ".modinfo", SHT_PROGBITS)
 	  && find_section(elf_handle,
@@ -789,12 +789,12 @@ binary_is_linux_kernel_module(Elf *elf_handle)
 /// @return true iff the binary denoted by @p elf_handle is a Linux
 /// kernel binary
 bool
-binary_is_linux_kernel(Elf *elf_handle)
+is_linux_kernel(Elf *elf_handle)
 {
   return (find_section(elf_handle,
 		       "__ksymtab_strings",
 		       SHT_PROGBITS)
-	  || binary_is_linux_kernel_module(elf_handle));
+	  || is_linux_kernel_module(elf_handle));
 }
 
 } // end namespace elf_helpers
diff --git a/src/abg-elf-helpers.h b/src/abg-elf-helpers.h
index 33348126028c..7ddd887de959 100644
--- a/src/abg-elf-helpers.h
+++ b/src/abg-elf-helpers.h
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ get_version_for_symbol(Elf*			elf_handle,
 //
 
 bool
-binary_is_linux_kernel_module(Elf *elf_handle);
+is_linux_kernel_module(Elf *elf_handle);
 
 bool
-binary_is_linux_kernel(Elf *elf_handle);
+is_linux_kernel(Elf *elf_handle);
 
 
 } // end namespace elf_helpers
