diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/Makefile b/sysdeps/powerpc/Makefile
index bac5a3a73c..ba137e4cad 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -46,3 +46,7 @@ sysdep_headers += sys/platform/ppc.h
 tests += test-gettimebase
 tests += tst-set_ppr
 endif
+
+ifeq ($(subdir),wcsmbs)
+CFLAGS-wcscpy.c += -DUNROLL_NTIMES=8
+endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/power6/wcscpy.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/power6/wcscpy.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 11c04b081a..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/power6/wcscpy.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-/* wcscpy.c - Wide Character Copy for POWER6+.
-   Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If
-   not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <wchar.h>
-
-#ifndef WCSCPY
-# define WCSCPY wcscpy
-#endif
-
-/* Copy SRC to DEST.  */
-wchar_t *
-WCSCPY (wchar_t *dest, const wchar_t *src)
-{
-  wint_t c,d;
-  wchar_t *wcp, *wcp2;
-
-  if (__alignof__ (wchar_t) >= sizeof (wchar_t))
-    {
-      const ptrdiff_t off = dest - src;
-
-      wcp = (wchar_t *) src;
-      wcp2 = wcp + 1 ;
-
-      do
-        {
-          d = *wcp;
-          wcp[off] = d;
-          if (d == L'\0')
-            return dest;
-          wcp += 2;
-
-          c = *wcp2;
-          wcp2[off] = c;
-          if (c == L'\0')
-            return dest;
-          wcp2 += 2;
-
-          d = *wcp;
-          wcp[off] = d;
-          if (d == L'\0')
-            return dest;
-          wcp += 2;
-
-          c = *wcp2;
-          wcp2[off] = c;
-          if (c == L'\0')
-            return dest;
-          wcp2 += 2;
-
-          d = *wcp;
-          wcp[off] = d;
-          if (d == L'\0')
-            return dest;
-          wcp += 2;
-
-          c = *wcp2;
-          wcp2[off] = c;
-          if (c == L'\0')
-            return dest;
-          wcp2 += 2;
-
-          d = *wcp;
-          wcp[off] = d;
-          if (d == L'\0')
-            return dest;
-          wcp += 2;
-
-          c = *wcp2;
-          wcp2[off] = c;
-          if (c == L'\0')
-            return dest;
-          wcp2 += 2;
-        }
-      while (c != L'\0');
-
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      wcp = dest;
-
-      do
-        {
-          c = *src++;
-          *wcp++ = c;
-        }
-      while (c != L'\0');
-    }
-  return dest;
-}
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/Makefile b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/Makefile
index bd9d360efa..f5141bc5b5 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/Makefile
@@ -18,13 +18,10 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(subdir),wcsmbs)
 sysdep_routines += wcschr-power7 wcschr-power6 wcschr-ppc32 \
-		   wcsrchr-power7 wcsrchr-power6 wcsrchr-ppc32 \
-		   wcscpy-power7 wcscpy-power6 wcscpy-ppc32
+		   wcsrchr-power7 wcsrchr-power6 wcsrchr-ppc32
 
 CFLAGS-wcschr-power7.c += -mcpu=power7
 CFLAGS-wcschr-power6.c += -mcpu=power6
 CFLAGS-wcsrchr-power7.c += -mcpu=power7
 CFLAGS-wcsrchr-power6.c += -mcpu=power6
-CFLAGS-wcscpy-power7.c += -mcpu=power7
-CFLAGS-wcscpy-power6.c += -mcpu=power6
 endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
index bcd38e0f79..ae581d62f8 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
@@ -209,16 +209,5 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcsrchr, 1,
 			      __wcsrchr_ppc))
 
-  /* Support sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy.c.  */
-  IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, wcscpy,
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcscpy,
-			      hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX,
-			      __wcscpy_power7)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcscpy,
-			      hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_05,
-			      __wcscpy_power6)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcscpy, 1,
-			      __wcscpy_ppc))
-
   return i;
 }
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy-power6.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy-power6.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bb0c82462..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy-power6.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <wchar.h>
-
-#define WCSCPY __wcscpy_power6
-
-#include <sysdeps/powerpc/power6/wcscpy.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy-power7.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy-power7.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5375094b60..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy-power7.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <wchar.h>
-
-#define WCSCPY __wcscpy_power7
-
-#include <sysdeps/powerpc/power6/wcscpy.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy-ppc32.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy-ppc32.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 31e0d81ef0..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy-ppc32.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <wchar.h>
-
-extern __typeof (wcscpy) __wcscpy_ppc;
-
-#define WCSCPY  __wcscpy_ppc
-#include <wcsmbs/wcscpy.c>
-
-#ifdef SHARED
-__hidden_ver1 (__wcscpy_ppc, __GI___wcscpy, __wcscpy_ppc);
-#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 0daf55cf70..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/* Multiple versions of wcscpy
-   Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#if IS_IN (libc)
-# define __wcscpy __redirect_wcscpy
-# include <wchar.h>
-# undef __wcscpy
-# include "init-arch.h"
-
-extern __typeof (__redirect_wcscpy) __wcscpy_ppc attribute_hidden;
-extern __typeof (__redirect_wcscpy) __wcscpy_power6 attribute_hidden;
-extern __typeof (__redirect_wcscpy) __wcscpy_power7 attribute_hidden;
-
-libc_ifunc_redirected (__redirect_wcscpy, __wcscpy,
-		       (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX)
-		       ? __wcscpy_power7 :
-			 (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_05)
-			 ? __wcscpy_power6
-		       : __wcscpy_ppc);
-weak_alias (__wcscpy, wcscpy)
-#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
index 963ea84dbf..3913ef580e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
@@ -40,13 +40,10 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(subdir),wcsmbs)
 sysdep_routines += wcschr-power7 wcschr-power6 wcschr-ppc64 \
-		   wcsrchr-power7 wcsrchr-power6 wcsrchr-ppc64 \
-		   wcscpy-power7 wcscpy-power6 wcscpy-ppc64 \
+		   wcsrchr-power7 wcsrchr-power6 wcsrchr-ppc64
 
 CFLAGS-wcschr-power7.c += -mcpu=power7
 CFLAGS-wcschr-power6.c += -mcpu=power6
 CFLAGS-wcsrchr-power7.c += -mcpu=power7
 CFLAGS-wcsrchr-power6.c += -mcpu=power6
-CFLAGS-wcscpy-power7.c += -mcpu=power7
-CFLAGS-wcscpy-power6.c += -mcpu=power6
 endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
index 8d91d9abb9..06d33d71e0 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
@@ -282,17 +282,6 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcsrchr, 1,
 			      __wcsrchr_ppc))
 
-  /* Support sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcscpy.c.  */
-  IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, wcscpy,
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcscpy,
-			      hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX,
-			      __wcscpy_power7)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcscpy,
-			      hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_05,
-			      __wcscpy_power6)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcscpy, 1,
-			      __wcscpy_ppc))
-
   /* Support sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strrchr.c.  */
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, strrchr,
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strrchr,
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcscpy-power6.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcscpy-power6.c
deleted file mode 100644
index abe2e0f073..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcscpy-power6.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/* wcscpy.c - Wide Character Search for powerpc64/power6.
-   Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If
-   not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy-power6.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcscpy-power7.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcscpy-power7.c
deleted file mode 100644
index be95cd9074..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcscpy-power7.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/* wcscpy.c - Wide Character Search for powerpc64/power7.
-   Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If
-   not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy-power7.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcscpy-ppc64.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcscpy-ppc64.c
deleted file mode 100644
index faa3c1614f..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcscpy-ppc64.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcscpy-ppc32.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcscpy.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcscpy.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f918b27c6..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcscpy.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/* Multiple versions of wcscpy.
-   Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#define __wcscpy __redirect___wcscpy
-#include <wchar.h>
-#undef __wcscpy
-#include <shlib-compat.h>
-#include "init-arch.h"
-
-extern __typeof (wcscpy) __wcscpy_ppc attribute_hidden;
-extern __typeof (wcscpy) __wcscpy_power6 attribute_hidden;
-extern __typeof (wcscpy) __wcscpy_power7 attribute_hidden;
-
-libc_ifunc_redirected (__redirect___wcscpy, __wcscpy,
-		       (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX)
-		       ? __wcscpy_power7 :
-		         (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_05)
-		         ? __wcscpy_power6
-	               : __wcscpy_ppc);
-weak_alias (__wcscpy, wcscpy)
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power6/wcscpy.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power6/wcscpy.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 59cfb28832..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power6/wcscpy.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#define WCSCPY __wcscpy
-#include <sysdeps/powerpc/power6/wcscpy.c>
-libc_hidden_def (__wcscpy)
-weak_alias (__wcscpy, wcscpy)
