diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/00-INDEX b/Documentation/isdn/00-INDEX
index e87e336f590e..2d1889b6c1fa 100644
--- a/Documentation/isdn/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/isdn/00-INDEX
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ README.FAQ
 	- general info for FAQ.
 README.HiSax
 	- info on the HiSax driver which replaces the old teles.
-README.act2000
-	- info on driver for IBM ACT-2000 card.
 README.audio
 	- info for running audio over ISDN.
 README.avmb1
@@ -34,14 +32,8 @@ README.hfc-pci
 	- info on hfc-pci based cards.
 README.hysdn
         - info on driver for Hypercope active HYSDN cards
-README.icn
-	- info on the ICN-ISDN-card and its driver.
 README.mISDN
 	- info on the Modular ISDN subsystem (mISDN)
-README.pcbit
-	- info on the PCBIT-D ISDN adapter and driver.
-README.sc
-	- info on driver for Spellcaster cards.
 README.syncppp
 	- info on running Sync PPP over ISDN.
 README.x25
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/Makefile b/drivers/isdn/Makefile
index 91c81965e7ca..c32e45826c2c 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/isdn/Makefile
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MISDN)			+= mISDN/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN)			+= hardware/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN_DIVERSION)		+= divert/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_HISAX)		+= hisax/
-obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_ICN)		+= icn/
-obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_PCBIT)		+= pcbit/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_LOOP)		+= isdnloop/
-obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_ACT2000)		+= act2000/
 obj-$(CONFIG_HYSDN)			+= hysdn/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_GIGASET)		+= gigaset/
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/i4l/Kconfig b/drivers/isdn/i4l/Kconfig
index f5b714cd7618..68e54d9f2f53 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/i4l/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/isdn/i4l/Kconfig
@@ -123,16 +123,6 @@ comment "ISDN4Linux hardware drivers"
 
 source "drivers/isdn/hisax/Kconfig"
 
-
-menu "Active cards"
-
-source "drivers/isdn/icn/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/isdn/pcbit/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/isdn/act2000/Kconfig"
-
-endmenu
 # end ISDN_I4L
 endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/Kconfig
index 5f9a97a77393..ff894bc63b3b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/Kconfig
@@ -104,4 +104,6 @@ source "drivers/staging/wilc1000/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/staging/most/Kconfig"
 
+source "drivers/staging/i4l/Kconfig"
+
 endif # STAGING
diff --git a/drivers/staging/Makefile b/drivers/staging/Makefile
index b3920c224013..8242923371ad 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/Makefile
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FB_TFT)		+= fbtft/
 obj-$(CONFIG_FSL_MC_BUS)	+= fsl-mc/
 obj-$(CONFIG_WILC1000)		+= wilc1000/
 obj-$(CONFIG_MOST)		+= most/
+obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN_I4L)		+= i4l/
diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/README.act2000 b/drivers/staging/i4l/Documentation/README.act2000
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/isdn/README.act2000
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/Documentation/README.act2000
diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/README.icn b/drivers/staging/i4l/Documentation/README.icn
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/isdn/README.icn
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/Documentation/README.icn
diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/README.pcbit b/drivers/staging/i4l/Documentation/README.pcbit
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/isdn/README.pcbit
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/Documentation/README.pcbit
diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/README.sc b/drivers/staging/i4l/Documentation/README.sc
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/isdn/README.sc
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/Documentation/README.sc
diff --git a/drivers/staging/i4l/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/i4l/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..920216e88de7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/staging/i4l/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#
+# Old ISDN4Linux config
+#
+menu "Old ISDN4Linux (deprecated)"
+	depends on ISDN_I4L
+
+source "drivers/staging/i4l/icn/Kconfig"
+
+source "drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/Kconfig"
+
+source "drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/Kconfig"
+
+endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/staging/i4l/Makefile b/drivers/staging/i4l/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..158b87093db5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/staging/i4l/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Makefile for the old ISDN I4L subsystem and device drivers.
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_ICN)		+= icn/
+obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_PCBIT)		+= pcbit/
+obj-$(CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_ACT2000)		+= act2000/
diff --git a/drivers/staging/i4l/TODO b/drivers/staging/i4l/TODO
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fe2c08bec7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/staging/i4l/TODO
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+* The icn, pcbit and act2000 drivers are dead, remove them in 2017
+  after another longterm kernel has been released, just in the
+  unlikely case someone still has this hardware.
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/act2000/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/Kconfig
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/act2000/Kconfig
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/Kconfig
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/act2000/Makefile b/drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/act2000/Makefile
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/Makefile
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/act2000/act2000.h b/drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/act2000.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/act2000/act2000.h
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/act2000.h
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/act2000/act2000_isa.c b/drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/act2000_isa.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/act2000/act2000_isa.c
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/act2000_isa.c
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/act2000/act2000_isa.h b/drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/act2000_isa.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/act2000/act2000_isa.h
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/act2000_isa.h
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/act2000/capi.c b/drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/capi.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/act2000/capi.c
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/capi.c
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/act2000/capi.h b/drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/capi.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/act2000/capi.h
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/capi.h
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/act2000/module.c b/drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/module.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/act2000/module.c
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/act2000/module.c
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/icn/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/i4l/icn/Kconfig
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/icn/Kconfig
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/icn/Kconfig
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/icn/Makefile b/drivers/staging/i4l/icn/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/icn/Makefile
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/icn/Makefile
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/icn/icn.c b/drivers/staging/i4l/icn/icn.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/icn/icn.c
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/icn/icn.c
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/icn/icn.h b/drivers/staging/i4l/icn/icn.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/icn/icn.h
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/icn/icn.h
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/Kconfig
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/pcbit/Kconfig
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/Kconfig
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/Makefile b/drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/pcbit/Makefile
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/Makefile
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/callbacks.c b/drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/callbacks.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/pcbit/callbacks.c
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/callbacks.c
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/callbacks.h b/drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/callbacks.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/pcbit/callbacks.h
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/callbacks.h
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/capi.c b/drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/capi.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/pcbit/capi.c
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/capi.c
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/capi.h b/drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/capi.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/pcbit/capi.h
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/capi.h
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/drv.c b/drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/drv.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/pcbit/drv.c
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/drv.c
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/edss1.c b/drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/edss1.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/pcbit/edss1.c
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/edss1.c
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/edss1.h b/drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/edss1.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/pcbit/edss1.h
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/edss1.h
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/layer2.c b/drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/layer2.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/pcbit/layer2.c
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/layer2.c
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/layer2.h b/drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/layer2.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/pcbit/layer2.h
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/layer2.h
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/module.c b/drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/module.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/pcbit/module.c
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/module.c
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/pcbit.h b/drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/pcbit.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/isdn/pcbit/pcbit.h
rename to drivers/staging/i4l/pcbit/pcbit.h
