diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/Makefile b/sysdeps/powerpc/Makefile
index ba137e4cad..35cf1c624b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -49,4 +49,5 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(subdir),wcsmbs)
 CFLAGS-wcscpy.c += -DUNROLL_NTIMES=8
+CFLAGS-wcschr.c += -DUNROLL_NTIMES=8
 endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/power6/wcschr.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/power6/wcschr.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e3f93569dd..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/power6/wcschr.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-/* wcschr.c - Wide Character Search 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 <wchar.h>
-
-#ifndef WCSCHR
-# define WCSCHR __wcschr
-# define DEFAULT_WCSCHR
-#endif
-
-/* Find the first occurrence of WC in WCS.  */
-wchar_t *
-WCSCHR (const wchar_t *wcs, const wchar_t wc)
-{
-  const wchar_t *wcs2 = wcs + 1;
-
-  if (*wcs == wc)
-    return (wchar_t *) wcs;
-  if (*wcs == L'\0')
-    return NULL;
-
-  do
-    {
-      wcs += 2;
-
-      if (*wcs2 == wc)
-        return (wchar_t *) wcs2;
-      if (*wcs2 == L'\0')
-        return NULL;
-       wcs2 += 2;
-
-      if (*wcs == wc)
-        return (wchar_t *) wcs;
-      if (*wcs == L'\0')
-        return NULL;
-      wcs += 2;
-
-      if (*wcs2 == wc)
-        return (wchar_t *) wcs2;
-      if (*wcs2 == L'\0')
-        return NULL;
-      wcs2 += 2;
-
-      if (*wcs == wc)
-        return (wchar_t *) wcs;
-      if (*wcs == L'\0')
-        return NULL;
-      wcs += 2;
-
-      if (*wcs2 == wc)
-        return (wchar_t *) wcs2;
-      if (*wcs2 == L'\0')
-        return NULL;
-      wcs2 += 2;
-
-      if (*wcs == wc)
-        return (wchar_t *) wcs;
-      if (*wcs == L'\0')
-        return NULL;
-      wcs += 2;
-
-      if (*wcs2 == wc)
-        return (wchar_t *) wcs2;
-      if (*wcs2 == L'\0')
-        return NULL;
-      wcs2 += 2;
-
-      if (*wcs == wc)
-        return (wchar_t *) wcs;
-    }
-  while (*wcs != L'\0');
-
-  return NULL;
-}
-#ifdef DEFAULT_WCSCHR
-libc_hidden_def (__wcschr)
-weak_alias (__wcschr, wcschr)
-libc_hidden_weak (wcschr)
-#else
-libc_hidden_def (wcschr)
-#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/Makefile b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/Makefile
index f5141bc5b5..bb87c56b4d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/Makefile
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@ CFLAGS-strncase_l-power7.c += -mcpu=power7 -funroll-loops
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(subdir),wcsmbs)
-sysdep_routines += wcschr-power7 wcschr-power6 wcschr-ppc32 \
-		   wcsrchr-power7 wcsrchr-power6 wcsrchr-ppc32
+sysdep_routines += 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
 endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
index ae581d62f8..7624c3d5f0 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
@@ -187,17 +187,6 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strchr, 1,
 			      __strchr_ppc))
 
-  /* Support sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcschr.c.  */
-  IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, wcschr,
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcschr,
-			      hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX,
-			      __wcschr_power7)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcschr,
-			      hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_05,
-			      __wcschr_power6)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcschr, 1,
-			      __wcschr_ppc))
-
   /* Support sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcsrchr.c.  */
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, wcsrchr,
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcsrchr,
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcschr-power6.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcschr-power6.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 516f0f8584..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcschr-power6.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/* wcschr.c - Wide Character Search for powerpc32/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 <wchar.h>
-
-#define WCSCHR __wcschr_power6
-
-#undef libc_hidden_def
-#define libc_hidden_def(name)
-
-#include <sysdeps/powerpc/power6/wcschr.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcschr-power7.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcschr-power7.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5dc52659e8..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcschr-power7.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/* wcschr.c - Wide Character Search for powerpc32/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 <wchar.h>
-
-#define WCSCHR __wcschr_power7
-
-#undef libc_hidden_def
-#define libc_hidden_def(name)
-
-#include <sysdeps/powerpc/power6/wcschr.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcschr-ppc32.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcschr-ppc32.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 55873fbcf4..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcschr-ppc32.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +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>
-
-#if IS_IN (libc)
-# undef libc_hidden_weak
-# define libc_hidden_weak(name)
-
-# undef weak_alias
-# undef libc_hidden_def
-
-# ifdef SHARED
-#  define libc_hidden_def(name)  \
-    __hidden_ver1 (__wcschr_ppc, __GI_wcschr, __wcschr_ppc); \
-    strong_alias (__wcschr_ppc, __wcschr_ppc_1); \
-    __hidden_ver1 (__wcschr_ppc_1, __GI___wcschr, __wcschr_ppc_1);
-#  define weak_alias(name,alias)
-# else
-#  define weak_alias(name, alias) \
-    _weak_alias(__wcschr_ppc, __wcschr)
-#  define libc_hidden_def(name)
-# endif /* SHARED  */
-#endif
-
-extern __typeof (wcschr) __wcschr_ppc;
-
-#define WCSCHR  __wcschr_ppc
-#include <wcsmbs/wcschr.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcschr.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcschr.c
deleted file mode 100644
index c8379a2dca..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/multiarch/wcschr.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/* Multiple versions of wcschr
-   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 wcschr __redirect_wcschr
-# include <wchar.h>
-# include <shlib-compat.h>
-# include "init-arch.h"
-
-extern __typeof (__redirect_wcschr) __wcschr_ppc attribute_hidden;
-extern __typeof (__redirect_wcschr) __wcschr_power6 attribute_hidden;
-extern __typeof (__redirect_wcschr) __wcschr_power7 attribute_hidden;
-
-extern __typeof (__redirect_wcschr) __libc_wcschr;
-
-libc_ifunc (__libc_wcschr,
-	     (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX)
-             ? __wcschr_power7 :
-	       (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_05)
-	       ? __wcschr_power6
-             : __wcschr_ppc);
-#undef wcschr
-weak_alias (__libc_wcschr, wcschr)
-#else
-#include <wcsmbs/wcschr.c>
-#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
index 3913ef580e..c70f4a2b5a 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
@@ -39,11 +39,8 @@ CFLAGS-strncase_l-power7.c += -mcpu=power7 -funroll-loops
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(subdir),wcsmbs)
-sysdep_routines += wcschr-power7 wcschr-power6 wcschr-ppc64 \
-		   wcsrchr-power7 wcsrchr-power6 wcsrchr-ppc64
+sysdep_routines += 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
 endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
index 06d33d71e0..9b1e4d141d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
@@ -260,17 +260,6 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strncasecmp_l, 1,
 			      __strncasecmp_l_ppc))
 
-  /* Support sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcschr.c.  */
-  IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, wcschr,
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcschr,
-			      hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX,
-			      __wcschr_power7)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcschr,
-			      hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_05,
-			      __wcschr_power6)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcschr, 1,
-			      __wcschr_ppc))
-
   /* Support sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcschr.c.  */
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, wcsrchr,
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcsrchr,
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcschr-power6.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcschr-power6.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 029608c512..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcschr-power6.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/* wcschr.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/wcschr-power6.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcschr-power7.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcschr-power7.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b11103976..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcschr-power7.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/* wcschr.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/wcschr-power7.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcschr-ppc64.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcschr-ppc64.c
deleted file mode 100644
index f956fc0aa2..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcschr-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/wcschr-ppc32.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcschr.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcschr.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a279f0dd2..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/wcschr.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/* Multiple versions of wcschr
-   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 wcschr __redirect_wcschr
-# define __wcschr __redirect___wcschr
-# include <wchar.h>
-# include <shlib-compat.h>
-# include "init-arch.h"
-
-extern __typeof (wcschr) __wcschr_ppc attribute_hidden;
-extern __typeof (wcschr) __wcschr_power6 attribute_hidden;
-extern __typeof (wcschr) __wcschr_power7 attribute_hidden;
-# undef wcschr
-# undef __wcschr
-
-libc_ifunc_redirected (__redirect___wcschr, __wcschr,
-		       (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX)
-		       ? __wcschr_power7
-		       : (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_05)
-			 ? __wcschr_power6
-			 : __wcschr_ppc);
-weak_alias (__wcschr, wcschr)
-#else
-#undef libc_hidden_def
-#define libc_hidden_def(a)
-#include <wcsmbs/wcschr.c>
-#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power6/wcschr.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power6/wcschr.c
deleted file mode 100644
index ae04a130cc..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power6/wcschr.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#include <sysdeps/powerpc/power6/wcschr.c>
