diff --git a/src/audio/eq_fir/eq_fir.c b/src/audio/eq_fir/eq_fir.c
index 13871815ffdb..3bbe01a88c85 100644
--- a/src/audio/eq_fir/eq_fir.c
+++ b/src/audio/eq_fir/eq_fir.c
@@ -309,12 +309,15 @@ static int eq_fir_free(struct processing_module *mod)
 {
 	struct comp_data *cd = module_get_private_data(mod);
 
-	comp_dbg(mod->dev, "eq_fir_free()");
+	comp_info(mod->dev, "eq_fir_free() %d", __LINE__);
 
 	eq_fir_free_delaylines(cd);
+	comp_info(mod->dev, "eq_fir_free() %d", __LINE__);
 	comp_data_blob_handler_free(cd->model_handler);
+	comp_info(mod->dev, "eq_fir_free() %d", __LINE__);
 
 	rfree(cd);
+	comp_info(mod->dev, "eq_fir_free() %d", __LINE__);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -456,7 +459,7 @@ static int eq_fir_reset(struct processing_module *mod)
 	int i;
 	struct comp_data *cd = module_get_private_data(mod);
 
-	comp_dbg(mod->dev, "eq_fir_reset()");
+	comp_info(mod->dev, "eq_fir_reset()");
 
 	comp_data_blob_set_validator(cd->model_handler, NULL);
 
@@ -481,22 +484,3 @@ static const struct module_interface eq_fir_interface = {
 
 DECLARE_MODULE_ADAPTER(eq_fir_interface, eq_fir_uuid, eq_fir_tr);
 SOF_MODULE_INIT(eq_fir, sys_comp_module_eq_fir_interface_init);
-
-#if CONFIG_COMP_FIR_MODULE
-/* modular: llext dynamic link */
-
-#include <module/module/api_ver.h>
-#include <module/module/llext.h>
-#include <rimage/sof/user/manifest.h>
-
-#define UUID_EQFIR 0xe7, 0x0c, 0xa9, 0x43, 0xa5, 0xf3, 0xdf, 0x41, \
-		 0xac, 0x06, 0xba, 0x98, 0x65, 0x1a, 0xe6, 0xa3
-
-SOF_LLEXT_MOD_ENTRY(eq_fir, &eq_fir_interface);
-
-static const struct sof_man_module_manifest mod_manifest __section(".module") __used =
-	SOF_LLEXT_MODULE_MANIFEST("EQFIR", eq_fir_llext_entry, 1, UUID_EQFIR, 40);
-
-SOF_LLEXT_BUILDINFO;
-
-#endif