diff --git a/repos/dde_linux/lib/mk/wifi.inc b/repos/dde_linux/lib/mk/wifi.inc
index cfc1d6dff..13f91bbf5 100644
--- a/repos/dde_linux/lib/mk/wifi.inc
+++ b/repos/dde_linux/lib/mk/wifi.inc
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ LIB_INC_DIR = $(LIB_DIR)/include
 
 SHARED_LIB = yes
 
-# FIXME should we *really* add dde_kit to this shared library?
-LIBS  += dde_kit libc-setjmp libc
+LIBS  += libc-setjmp libc
 
 LD_OPT += --version-script=$(LIB_DIR)/symbol.map
 
diff --git a/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/libnl/lxcc_emul.cc b/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/libnl/lxcc_emul.cc
index 26e67de37..5fecbd22a 100644
--- a/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/libnl/lxcc_emul.cc
+++ b/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/libnl/lxcc_emul.cc
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ extern unsigned long jiffies;
 
 time_t time(time_t *t)
 {
-	dde_kit_printf("%s:%d from: %p\n", __func__, __LINE__, __builtin_return_address(0));
 	return jiffies;
 }
 
diff --git a/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/wifi/lxcc_emul.cc b/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/wifi/lxcc_emul.cc
index 86ba44c22..71b88baca 100644
--- a/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/wifi/lxcc_emul.cc
+++ b/repos/dde_linux/src/lib/wifi/lxcc_emul.cc
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ int request_firmware_nowait(struct module *module, bool uevent,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	/* use dde_kit_large_malloc because our slab only goes up to 64KiB */
+	/* use Genode env because our slab only goes up to 64KiB */
 	fw->data = (u8*)Genode::env()->heap()->alloc(fwl->size);
 	if (!fw->data) {
 		PERR("could not allocate memory for firmware image");