diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ftrace.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ftrace.h
index 3cee7115441b..e3d1f377bc5b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ftrace.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ftrace.h
@@ -64,17 +64,6 @@ void ftrace_graph_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
  * those.
  */
 #define ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_MATCH_SYM_NAME
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64_ELF_ABI_V1
-static inline bool arch_syscall_match_sym_name(const char *sym, const char *name)
-{
-	/* We need to skip past the initial dot, and the __se_sys alias */
-	return !strcmp(sym + 1, name) ||
-		(!strncmp(sym, ".__se_sys", 9) && !strcmp(sym + 6, name)) ||
-		(!strncmp(sym, ".ppc_", 5) && !strcmp(sym + 5, name + 4)) ||
-		(!strncmp(sym, ".ppc32_", 7) && !strcmp(sym + 7, name + 4)) ||
-		(!strncmp(sym, ".ppc64_", 7) && !strcmp(sym + 7, name + 4));
-}
-#else
 static inline bool arch_syscall_match_sym_name(const char *sym, const char *name)
 {
 	return !strcmp(sym, name) ||
@@ -83,7 +72,6 @@ static inline bool arch_syscall_match_sym_name(const char *sym, const char *name
 		(!strncmp(sym, "ppc32_", 6) && !strcmp(sym + 6, name + 4)) ||
 		(!strncmp(sym, "ppc64_", 6) && !strcmp(sym + 6, name + 4));
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64_ELF_ABI_V1 */
 #endif /* CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS */
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_PPC64) && defined(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER)