diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index e2e477798e..db06cbd2f2 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -259,15 +259,8 @@ static inline 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
+
 #if defined(TARGET_NR_getdents) && defined(__NR_getdents)
 _syscall3(int, sys_getdents, uint, fd, struct linux_dirent *, dirp, uint, count);
 #endif