diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 991b85e6b4..4f89184d05 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -1586,21 +1586,12 @@ static abi_long do_ppoll(abi_long arg1, abi_long arg2, abi_long arg3,
 }
 #endif
 
-static abi_long do_pipe2(int host_pipe[], int flags)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_PIPE2
-    return pipe2(host_pipe, flags);
-#else
-    return -ENOSYS;
-#endif
-}
-
 static abi_long do_pipe(CPUArchState *cpu_env, abi_ulong pipedes,
                         int flags, int is_pipe2)
 {
     int host_pipe[2];
     abi_long ret;
-    ret = flags ? do_pipe2(host_pipe, flags) : pipe(host_pipe);
+    ret = pipe2(host_pipe, flags);
 
     if (is_error(ret))
         return get_errno(ret);
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8a8c415fc1..75aaca8462 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2026,15 +2026,6 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_OPEN_BY_HANDLE', cc.links(gnu_source_prefix + '''
   #else
   int main(void) { struct file_handle fh; return open_by_handle_at(0, &fh, 0); }
   #endif'''))
-config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PIPE2', cc.links(gnu_source_prefix + '''
-  #include <unistd.h>
-  #include <fcntl.h>
-
-  int main(void)
-  {
-      int pipefd[2];
-      return pipe2(pipefd, O_CLOEXEC);
-  }'''))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_POSIX_MADVISE', cc.links(gnu_source_prefix + '''
   #include <sys/mman.h>
   #include <stddef.h>