diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 43a6e28396..f5c4f6b95d 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -11840,13 +11840,6 @@ static abi_long do_syscall1(void *cpu_env, int num, abi_long arg1,
             host_to_target_timespec(arg4, &ts);
         }
 
-#if defined(TARGET_PPC)
-        /* clock_nanosleep is odd in that it returns positive errno values.
-         * On PPC, CR0 bit 3 should be set in such a situation. */
-        if (ret && ret != -TARGET_ERESTARTSYS) {
-            ((CPUPPCState *)cpu_env)->crf[0] |= 1;
-        }
-#endif
         return ret;
     }
 #endif