diff --git a/cde/programs/dtappbuilder/src/abmf/write_c.c b/cde/programs/dtappbuilder/src/abmf/write_c.c
index 6b49fa493..7eb647ce6 100644
--- a/cde/programs/dtappbuilder/src/abmf/write_c.c
+++ b/cde/programs/dtappbuilder/src/abmf/write_c.c
@@ -350,14 +350,10 @@ write_func_def_params(
 	va_list	va_params
 )
 {
-#ifdef __ppc
-# define va_start_params() __va_copy(params, va_params)
+#if defined(__ppc) || defined(linux) 
+#define va_start_params() __va_copy(params, va_params)
 #else
-# if defined(linux)
-#  define va_start_params()  va_copy(params, va_params)
-# else
-#  define va_start_params() (params = va_params)
-# endif
+#define va_start_params() (params = va_params)
 #endif
 #define va_end_params() (0)
     va_list	params;