diff --git a/linux-user/host/ppc/host-signal.h b/linux-user/host/ppc/host-signal.h
index f4b4d65031..e09756c691 100644
--- a/linux-user/host/ppc/host-signal.h
+++ b/linux-user/host/ppc/host-signal.h
@@ -1 +1,24 @@
-#define HOST_SIGNAL_PLACEHOLDER
+/*
+ * host-signal.h: signal info dependent on the host architecture
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Linaro Limited
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef PPC_HOST_SIGNAL_H
+#define PPC_HOST_SIGNAL_H
+
+static inline uintptr_t host_signal_pc(ucontext_t *uc)
+{
+    return uc->uc_mcontext.regs->nip;
+}
+
+static inline bool host_signal_write(siginfo_t *info, ucontext_t *uc)
+{
+    return uc->uc_mcontext.regs->trap != 0x400
+        && (uc->uc_mcontext.regs->dsisr & 0x02000000);
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/host/ppc64/host-signal.h b/linux-user/host/ppc64/host-signal.h
index f4b4d65031..a353c22a90 100644
--- a/linux-user/host/ppc64/host-signal.h
+++ b/linux-user/host/ppc64/host-signal.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define HOST_SIGNAL_PLACEHOLDER
+#include "../ppc/host-signal.h"
diff --git a/accel/tcg/user-exec.c b/accel/tcg/user-exec.c
index b5d06183db..e9e530e2e1 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/user-exec.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/user-exec.c
@@ -255,84 +255,7 @@ void *probe_access(CPUArchState *env, target_ulong addr, int size,
     return size ? g2h(env_cpu(env), addr) : NULL;
 }
 
-#if defined(_ARCH_PPC)
-
-/***********************************************************************
- * signal context platform-specific definitions
- * From Wine
- */
-#ifdef linux
-/* All Registers access - only for local access */
-#define REG_sig(reg_name, context)              \
-    ((context)->uc_mcontext.regs->reg_name)
-/* Gpr Registers access  */
-#define GPR_sig(reg_num, context)              REG_sig(gpr[reg_num], context)
-/* Program counter */
-#define IAR_sig(context)                       REG_sig(nip, context)
-/* Machine State Register (Supervisor) */
-#define MSR_sig(context)                       REG_sig(msr, context)
-/* Count register */
-#define CTR_sig(context)                       REG_sig(ctr, context)
-/* User's integer exception register */
-#define XER_sig(context)                       REG_sig(xer, context)
-/* Link register */
-#define LR_sig(context)                        REG_sig(link, context)
-/* Condition register */
-#define CR_sig(context)                        REG_sig(ccr, context)
-
-/* Float Registers access  */
-#define FLOAT_sig(reg_num, context)                                     \
-    (((double *)((char *)((context)->uc_mcontext.regs + 48 * 4)))[reg_num])
-#define FPSCR_sig(context) \
-    (*(int *)((char *)((context)->uc_mcontext.regs + (48 + 32 * 2) * 4)))
-/* Exception Registers access */
-#define DAR_sig(context)                       REG_sig(dar, context)
-#define DSISR_sig(context)                     REG_sig(dsisr, context)
-#define TRAP_sig(context)                      REG_sig(trap, context)
-#endif /* linux */
-
-#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)
-#include <ucontext.h>
-#define IAR_sig(context)               ((context)->uc_mcontext.mc_srr0)
-#define MSR_sig(context)               ((context)->uc_mcontext.mc_srr1)
-#define CTR_sig(context)               ((context)->uc_mcontext.mc_ctr)
-#define XER_sig(context)               ((context)->uc_mcontext.mc_xer)
-#define LR_sig(context)                ((context)->uc_mcontext.mc_lr)
-#define CR_sig(context)                ((context)->uc_mcontext.mc_cr)
-/* Exception Registers access */
-#define DAR_sig(context)               ((context)->uc_mcontext.mc_dar)
-#define DSISR_sig(context)             ((context)->uc_mcontext.mc_dsisr)
-#define TRAP_sig(context)              ((context)->uc_mcontext.mc_exc)
-#endif /* __FreeBSD__|| __FreeBSD_kernel__ */
-
-int cpu_signal_handler(int host_signum, void *pinfo,
-                       void *puc)
-{
-    siginfo_t *info = pinfo;
-#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)
-    ucontext_t *uc = puc;
-#else
-    ucontext_t *uc = puc;
-#endif
-    unsigned long pc;
-    int is_write;
-
-    pc = IAR_sig(uc);
-    is_write = 0;
-#if 0
-    /* ppc 4xx case */
-    if (DSISR_sig(uc) & 0x00800000) {
-        is_write = 1;
-    }
-#else
-    if (TRAP_sig(uc) != 0x400 && (DSISR_sig(uc) & 0x02000000)) {
-        is_write = 1;
-    }
-#endif
-    return handle_cpu_signal(pc, info, is_write, &uc->uc_sigmask);
-}
-
-#elif defined(__alpha__)
+#if defined(__alpha__)
 
 int cpu_signal_handler(int host_signum, void *pinfo,
                            void *puc)
