diff --git a/target/hexagon/attribs_def.h.inc b/target/hexagon/attribs_def.h.inc
index 21d457fa4a..87942d46f4 100644
--- a/target/hexagon/attribs_def.h.inc
+++ b/target/hexagon/attribs_def.h.inc
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ DEF_ATTRIB(IMPLICIT_READS_P1, "Reads the P1 register", "", "")
 DEF_ATTRIB(IMPLICIT_READS_P2, "Reads the P2 register", "", "")
 DEF_ATTRIB(IMPLICIT_READS_P3, "Reads the P3 register", "", "")
 DEF_ATTRIB(IMPLICIT_WRITES_USR, "May write USR", "", "")
-DEF_ATTRIB(WRITES_PRED_REG, "Writes a predicate register", "", "")
 DEF_ATTRIB(COMMUTES, "The operation is communitive", "", "")
 DEF_ATTRIB(DEALLOCRET, "dealloc_return", "", "")
 DEF_ATTRIB(DEALLOCFRAME, "deallocframe", "", "")
diff --git a/target/hexagon/hex_common.py b/target/hexagon/hex_common.py
index 4565dd1953..ca5e9630c1 100755
--- a/target/hexagon/hex_common.py
+++ b/target/hexagon/hex_common.py
@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ def is_cond_call(tag):
 def calculate_attribs():
     add_qemu_macro_attrib("fREAD_PC", "A_IMPLICIT_READS_PC")
     add_qemu_macro_attrib("fTRAP", "A_IMPLICIT_READS_PC")
-    add_qemu_macro_attrib("fWRITE_P0", "A_WRITES_PRED_REG")
-    add_qemu_macro_attrib("fWRITE_P1", "A_WRITES_PRED_REG")
-    add_qemu_macro_attrib("fWRITE_P2", "A_WRITES_PRED_REG")
-    add_qemu_macro_attrib("fWRITE_P3", "A_WRITES_PRED_REG")
     add_qemu_macro_attrib("fSET_OVERFLOW", "A_IMPLICIT_WRITES_USR")
     add_qemu_macro_attrib("fSET_LPCFG", "A_IMPLICIT_WRITES_USR")
     add_qemu_macro_attrib("fLOAD", "A_SCALAR_LOAD")
@@ -122,13 +118,6 @@ def calculate_attribs():
                 continue
             macro = macros[macname]
             attribdict[tag] |= set(macro.attribs)
-    # Figure out which instructions write predicate registers
-    tagregs = get_tagregs()
-    for tag in tags:
-        regs = tagregs[tag]
-        for regtype, regid in regs:
-            if regtype == "P" and is_written(regid):
-                attribdict[tag].add("A_WRITES_PRED_REG")
     # Mark conditional jumps and calls
     #     Not all instructions are properly marked with A_CONDEXEC
     for tag in tags: