diff --git a/dlls/kernel/Makefile.in b/dlls/kernel/Makefile.in
index a3f0683fc28..7d0ec924080 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/kernel/Makefile.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ SOVERSION = 1.0
 ALTNAMES  = comm kernel stress system toolhelp windebug win87em wprocs
 
 C_SRCS = \
+	comm.c \
 	debugger.c \
 	format_msg.c \
 	kernel_main.c \
diff --git a/misc/comm.c b/dlls/kernel/comm.c
similarity index 98%
rename from misc/comm.c
rename to dlls/kernel/comm.c
index c792be84ed9..1aa40e27f6e 100644
--- a/misc/comm.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel/comm.c
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "windef.h"
-#include "comm.h"
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_MODEM_H
 # include <sys/modem.h>
 #endif
@@ -90,10 +89,31 @@ DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(comm);
 #define CMSPAR 0x40000000 /* stick parity */
 #endif
 
-struct DosDeviceStruct COM[MAX_PORTS];
-struct DosDeviceStruct LPT[MAX_PORTS];
+#define MAX_PORTS   9
+
+struct DosDeviceStruct {
+    char *devicename;   /* /dev/cua1 */
+    int fd;
+    int suspended;
+    int unget,xmit;
+    int baudrate;
+    int evtchar;
+    /* events */
+    int commerror, eventmask;
+    /* buffers */
+    char *inbuf,*outbuf;
+    unsigned ibuf_size,ibuf_head,ibuf_tail;
+    unsigned obuf_size,obuf_head,obuf_tail;
+    /* notifications */
+    int wnd, n_read, n_write;
+    HANDLE s_read, s_write;
+};
+
+
+static struct DosDeviceStruct COM[MAX_PORTS];
+static struct DosDeviceStruct LPT[MAX_PORTS];
 /* pointers to unknown(==undocumented) comm structure */ 
-LPCVOID *unknown[MAX_PORTS];
+static LPCVOID *unknown[MAX_PORTS];
 /* save terminal states */
 static struct termios m_stat[MAX_PORTS];
 
@@ -2844,30 +2864,3 @@ BOOL WINAPI GetDefaultCommConfigW( LPCWSTR lpszName,LPCOMMCONFIG lpCC,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/**************************************************************************
- *         COMM_CreatePort		INTERNAL
- */
-HANDLE COMM_CreatePort(LPCSTR name, DWORD access)
-{
-    struct create_serial_request *req = get_req_buffer();
-    DWORD r;
-    char devname[40];
-
-    TRACE("%s %lx\n", name, access);
-
-    PROFILE_GetWineIniString("serialports",name,"",devname,sizeof devname);
-    if(!devname[0])
-        return 0;
-
-    TRACE("opening %s as %s\n", devname, name);
-
-    req->handle  = 0;
-    req->access  = access;
-    req->sharing = FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_WRITE;
-    lstrcpynA( req->name, devname, server_remaining(req->name) );
-    SetLastError(0);
-    r = server_call( REQ_CREATE_SERIAL );
-    TRACE("create_port_request return %08lX handle = %08X\n",r,req->handle);
-    return req->handle;
-}
-
diff --git a/dlls/kernel/kernel_main.c b/dlls/kernel/kernel_main.c
index 0e546a58e83..a3a0130a479 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/kernel_main.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel/kernel_main.c
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 #include "neexe.h"
 #include "module.h"
 #include "task.h"
-#include "comm.h"
 #include "selectors.h"
 #include "miscemu.h"
 #include "global.h"
 
 extern void CODEPAGE_Init(void);
 extern BOOL THUNK_Init(void);
+extern void COMM_Init(void);
 
 
 /***********************************************************************
diff --git a/files/dos_fs.c b/files/dos_fs.c
index 73d9954ffa3..2b21acc9f57 100644
--- a/files/dos_fs.c
+++ b/files/dos_fs.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "winerror.h"
 #include "drive.h"
 #include "file.h"
-#include "comm.h"
 #include "heap.h"
 #include "msdos.h"
 #include "syslevel.h"
@@ -694,6 +693,33 @@ const DOS_DEVICE *DOSFS_GetDeviceByHandle( HFILE hFile )
 }
 
 
+/**************************************************************************
+ *         DOSFS_CreateCommPort
+ */
+static HANDLE DOSFS_CreateCommPort(LPCSTR name, DWORD access)
+{
+    struct create_serial_request *req = get_req_buffer();
+    DWORD r;
+    char devname[40];
+
+    TRACE("%s %lx\n", name, access);
+
+    PROFILE_GetWineIniString("serialports",name,"",devname,sizeof devname);
+    if(!devname[0])
+        return 0;
+
+    TRACE("opening %s as %s\n", devname, name);
+
+    req->handle  = 0;
+    req->access  = access;
+    req->sharing = FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_WRITE;
+    lstrcpynA( req->name, devname, server_remaining(req->name) );
+    SetLastError(0);
+    r = server_call( REQ_CREATE_SERIAL );
+    TRACE("create_port_request return %08lX handle = %08X\n",r,req->handle);
+    return req->handle;
+}
+
 /***********************************************************************
  *           DOSFS_OpenDevice
  *
@@ -746,7 +772,7 @@ HFILE DOSFS_OpenDevice( const char *name, DWORD access )
                     return FILE_CreateDevice( i, access, NULL );
 		}
 
-                if( (handle=COMM_CreatePort(name,access)) )
+                if( (handle=DOSFS_CreateCommPort(name,access)) )
                     return handle;
 
 		FIXME("device open %s not supported (yet)\n",DOSFS_Devices[i].name);
diff --git a/include/comm.h b/include/comm.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 540f2b21cc3..00000000000
--- a/include/comm.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __WINE_COMM_H
-#define __WINE_COMM_H
-
-#include "windef.h"
-#include "winbase.h"
-
-#define MAX_PORTS   9
-
-struct DosDeviceStruct {
-    char *devicename;   /* /dev/cua1 */
-    int fd;
-    int suspended;
-    int unget,xmit;
-    int baudrate;
-    int evtchar;
-    /* events */
-    int commerror, eventmask;
-    /* buffers */
-    char *inbuf,*outbuf;
-    unsigned ibuf_size,ibuf_head,ibuf_tail;
-    unsigned obuf_size,obuf_head,obuf_tail;
-    /* notifications */
-    int wnd, n_read, n_write;
-    HANDLE s_read, s_write;
-};
-
-extern void COMM_Init(void);
-extern HANDLE COMM_CreatePort(LPCSTR name, DWORD access);
-
-#endif  /* __WINE_COMM_H */
diff --git a/include/msdos.h b/include/msdos.h
index 0a9d3c6af12..1eb9fd8fff6 100644
--- a/include/msdos.h
+++ b/include/msdos.h
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #define __WINE_MSDOS_H
 
 #include "winnt.h"
-#include "comm.h"
 
 struct fcb {
         BYTE drive;
@@ -100,9 +99,6 @@ typedef struct _DOS_LISTOFLISTS
 
 #define MAX_DOS_DRIVES	26
 
-extern struct DosDeviceStruct COM[MAX_PORTS];
-extern struct DosDeviceStruct LPT[MAX_PORTS];
-
 #define setword(a,b)	do { *(BYTE*)(a)	  = (b) & 0xff; \
                              *((BYTE*)((a)+1)) = ((b)>>8) & 0xff;\
                         } while(0)
diff --git a/misc/Makefile.in b/misc/Makefile.in
index 2810f04aa08..e39a6d2f6ee 100644
--- a/misc/Makefile.in
+++ b/misc/Makefile.in
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ MODULE    = misc
 
 C_SRCS = \
 	cdrom.c \
-	comm.c \
 	cpu.c \
 	debugstr.c \
 	error.c \
diff --git a/msdos/int11.c b/msdos/int11.c
index d8c3cae7309..d3179998431 100644
--- a/msdos/int11.c
+++ b/msdos/int11.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void WINAPI INT_Int11Handler( CONTEXT86 *context )
     if (DRIVE_IsValid(1)) diskdrives++;
     if (diskdrives) diskdrives--;
 	
-    for (x=0; x!=MAX_PORTS; x++)
+    for (x=0; x < 9; x++)
     {
         char temp[16],name[16];