diff --git a/scstadmin/default/scst b/scstadmin/default/scst
index 60e3cb9dc..14873bb79 100644
--- a/scstadmin/default/scst
+++ b/scstadmin/default/scst
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-# SCST kernel module parameters
-#
-# An example for ib_srpt: 
-# ib_srpt_parameters="srp_max_req_size=4200"
-
 # When using the procfs interface, specify all SCST target drivers in
 # SCST_TARGET_MODULES. An example:
 # SCST_TARGET_MODULES="scst_local iscsi_scst ib_srpt"
diff --git a/scstadmin/init.d/scst b/scstadmin/init.d/scst
index a261c0066..3399177cf 100755
--- a/scstadmin/init.d/scst
+++ b/scstadmin/init.d/scst
@@ -197,20 +197,12 @@ start_scst() {
         done
 
         for m in $SCST_MODULES; do
-            module_params="`set | sed -n -e "s/^${m}_parameters='\(.*\)'$/\1/p"\
-                                         -e "s/^${m}_parameters=\(.*\)$/\1/p"`"
             if [ ! -e /sys/module/$m ]; then
-                if ! modprobe $m $module_params; then
-                    echo modprobe $m $module_params failed.
+                if ! modprobe $m; then
+                    echo modprobe $m failed.
                     unload_scst
                     return 5
                 fi
-            else
-                for pv in $module_params; do
-                    echo $pv | sed 's/=/ /' \
-                      | { read param value;
-                           echo "$value" >/sys/module/$m/parameters/$param; }
-                done
             fi
         done
 
diff --git a/scstadmin/scstadmin.sysfs/man5/scst.5 b/scstadmin/scstadmin.sysfs/man5/scst.5
index 7f0560fa5..6e50e44d7 100644
--- a/scstadmin/scstadmin.sysfs/man5/scst.5
+++ b/scstadmin/scstadmin.sysfs/man5/scst.5
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
 scst \- /etc/init.d/scst configuration file.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 /etc/default/scst is a configuration file read by the SCST startup script
-/etc/init.d/scst and that controls the behavior of that startup script. This
-file contains zero or more lists of kernel module parameters that are passed
-by the /etc/init.d/scst script to the appropriate kernel module when such a
-kernel module is loaded.
+/etc/init.d/scst and contains zero or more variables that control the behavior
+of that startup script. Currently there is only one such variable,
+SCST_TARGET_MODULES, and it only has to be set when using the procfs interface.
 .P
 The format of the
 .I scst
@@ -19,19 +18,21 @@ file is as follows:
 - Blank lines and lines starting with a hash sign (#) are ignored.
 .br
 - All other lines must contain a variable definition using the syntax
-<target_driver>_parameters=<value>. If <value> contains blanks, it must be
-surrounded with double quotes. <target_driver> is the name of an SCST target
-driver kernel module.
+<name>=<value>. If <value> contains blanks, it must be
+surrounded with double quotes.
 .P
 An example:
 .IP
-# Set the ib_srpt kernel module parameter srp_max_req_size to
+# When using the procfs interface, the /etc/init.d/scst script
 .br
-# 4200 bytes and the srpt_sq_size parameter to 2048 elements.
+# cannot derive from /etc/scst.conf which target modules will
 .br
-ib_srpt_parameters="srp_max_req_size=4200 srpt_sq_size=2048"
+# be used and hence these have to be specified explicitly.
+.br
+SCST_TARGET_MODULES="scst_local iscsi_scst ib_srpt"
 .SH FILES
 .IP /etc/default/scst
-Configuration file interpret and applied by /etc/init.d/scst.
+Configuration file that controls the behavior of some aspects of
+/etc/init.d/scst.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 scstadmin(1), scst.conf(5)
diff --git a/scstadmin/scstadmin.sysfs/man5/scst.conf.5 b/scstadmin/scstadmin.sysfs/man5/scst.conf.5
index 286f63fe2..f35945465 100644
--- a/scstadmin/scstadmin.sysfs/man5/scst.conf.5
+++ b/scstadmin/scstadmin.sysfs/man5/scst.conf.5
@@ -326,9 +326,15 @@ DEVICE_GROUP dgroup2 {
 	}
 .br
 }
+.SH KERNEL MODULE PARAMETERS
+Some SCST settings cannot be configured via scst.conf but only as a kernel
+module parameter. Parameters for an SCST kernel module can be configured in
+/etc/modprobe.d/99-local.conf just like for any other kernel module. An example:
+.IP
+options ib_srpt use_node_guid_in_target_name=1
 .SH FILES
 .IP "/etc/scst.conf"
 The configuration file read by 
 .BR scstadmin (1).
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-scstadmin(1), scst(5)
+scstadmin(1), scst(5), modprobe.d(5)