diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 208fd1813d..11729f382c 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -249,15 +249,7 @@ static type name (type1 arg1,type2 arg2,type3 arg3,type4 arg4,type5 arg5,	\
 #define TARGET_NR__llseek TARGET_NR_llseek
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __NR_gettid
 _syscall0(int, gettid)
-#else
-/* This is a replacement for the host gettid() and must return a host
-   errno. */
-static int gettid(void) {
-    return -ENOSYS;
-}
-#endif
 
 /* For the 64-bit guest on 32-bit host case we must emulate
  * getdents using getdents64, because otherwise the host