diff --git a/linux-user/host/aarch64/hostdep.h b/linux-user/host/aarch64/hostdep.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 39299d798a..0000000000
--- a/linux-user/host/aarch64/hostdep.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hostdep.h : things which are dependent on the host architecture
- *
- *  * Written by Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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 AARCH64_HOSTDEP_H
-#define AARCH64_HOSTDEP_H
-
-/* We have a safe-syscall.inc.S */
-#define HAVE_SAFE_SYSCALL
-
-#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/host/arm/hostdep.h b/linux-user/host/arm/hostdep.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 86b137875a..0000000000
--- a/linux-user/host/arm/hostdep.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hostdep.h : things which are dependent on the host architecture
- *
- *  * Written by Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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 ARM_HOSTDEP_H
-#define ARM_HOSTDEP_H
-
-/* We have a safe-syscall.inc.S */
-#define HAVE_SAFE_SYSCALL
-
-#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/host/i386/hostdep.h b/linux-user/host/i386/hostdep.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ce7136501f..0000000000
--- a/linux-user/host/i386/hostdep.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hostdep.h : things which are dependent on the host architecture
- *
- *  * Written by Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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 I386_HOSTDEP_H
-#define I386_HOSTDEP_H
-
-/* We have a safe-syscall.inc.S */
-#define HAVE_SAFE_SYSCALL
-
-#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/host/ia64/hostdep.h b/linux-user/host/ia64/hostdep.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 263bf7658e..0000000000
--- a/linux-user/host/ia64/hostdep.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hostdep.h : things which are dependent on the host architecture
- *
- *  * Written by Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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 IA64_HOSTDEP_H
-#define IA64_HOSTDEP_H
-
-#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/host/mips/hostdep.h b/linux-user/host/mips/hostdep.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d9e90a096b..0000000000
--- a/linux-user/host/mips/hostdep.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hostdep.h : things which are dependent on the host architecture
- *
- *  * Written by Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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 MIPS_HOSTDEP_H
-#define MIPS_HOSTDEP_H
-
-/* We have a safe-syscall.inc.S */
-#define HAVE_SAFE_SYSCALL
-
-#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/host/ppc/hostdep.h b/linux-user/host/ppc/hostdep.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 23d8bd9d47..0000000000
--- a/linux-user/host/ppc/hostdep.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hostdep.h : things which are dependent on the host architecture
- *
- *  * Written by Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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_HOSTDEP_H
-#define PPC_HOSTDEP_H
-
-#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/host/ppc64/hostdep.h b/linux-user/host/ppc64/hostdep.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c290dd904..0000000000
--- a/linux-user/host/ppc64/hostdep.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hostdep.h : things which are dependent on the host architecture
- *
- *  * Written by Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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 PPC64_HOSTDEP_H
-#define PPC64_HOSTDEP_H
-
-/* We have a safe-syscall.inc.S */
-#define HAVE_SAFE_SYSCALL
-
-#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/host/riscv/hostdep.h b/linux-user/host/riscv/hostdep.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f67c22868..0000000000
--- a/linux-user/host/riscv/hostdep.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hostdep.h : things which are dependent on the host architecture
- *
- * 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 RISCV_HOSTDEP_H
-#define RISCV_HOSTDEP_H
-
-/* We have a safe-syscall.inc.S */
-#define HAVE_SAFE_SYSCALL
-
-#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/host/s390/hostdep.h b/linux-user/host/s390/hostdep.h
deleted file mode 100644
index afcba5a16a..0000000000
--- a/linux-user/host/s390/hostdep.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hostdep.h : things which are dependent on the host architecture
- *
- *  * Written by Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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 S390_HOSTDEP_H
-#define S390_HOSTDEP_H
-
-#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/host/s390x/hostdep.h b/linux-user/host/s390x/hostdep.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d801145854..0000000000
--- a/linux-user/host/s390x/hostdep.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hostdep.h : things which are dependent on the host architecture
- *
- *  * Written by Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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 S390X_HOSTDEP_H
-#define S390X_HOSTDEP_H
-
-/* We have a safe-syscall.inc.S */
-#define HAVE_SAFE_SYSCALL
-
-#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/host/sparc/hostdep.h b/linux-user/host/sparc/hostdep.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 391ad923cf..0000000000
--- a/linux-user/host/sparc/hostdep.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hostdep.h : things which are dependent on the host architecture
- *
- *  * Written by Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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 SPARC_HOSTDEP_H
-#define SPARC_HOSTDEP_H
-
-#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/host/sparc64/hostdep.h b/linux-user/host/sparc64/hostdep.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d832868cb1..0000000000
--- a/linux-user/host/sparc64/hostdep.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hostdep.h : things which are dependent on the host architecture
- *
- *  * Written by Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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 SPARC64_HOSTDEP_H
-#define SPARC64_HOSTDEP_H
-
-/* We have a safe-syscall.inc.S */
-#define HAVE_SAFE_SYSCALL
-
-#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/host/x32/hostdep.h b/linux-user/host/x32/hostdep.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c2d6d37da..0000000000
--- a/linux-user/host/x32/hostdep.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hostdep.h : things which are dependent on the host architecture
- *
- *  * Written by Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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 X32_HOSTDEP_H
-#define X32_HOSTDEP_H
-
-#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/host/x86_64/hostdep.h b/linux-user/host/x86_64/hostdep.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c62bd26bd..0000000000
--- a/linux-user/host/x86_64/hostdep.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hostdep.h : things which are dependent on the host architecture
- *
- *  * Written by Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 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 X86_64_HOSTDEP_H
-#define X86_64_HOSTDEP_H
-
-/* We have a safe-syscall.inc.S */
-#define HAVE_SAFE_SYSCALL
-
-#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/safe-syscall.h b/linux-user/safe-syscall.h
index 97837faddb..f43267a8fc 100644
--- a/linux-user/safe-syscall.h
+++ b/linux-user/safe-syscall.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
  * need to check SA_RESTART flags in QEMU or distinguish the various
  * kinds of restartability.
  */
-#ifdef HAVE_SAFE_SYSCALL
+
 /* The core part of this function is implemented in assembly */
 extern long safe_syscall_base(int *pending, long number, ...);
 extern long safe_syscall_set_errno_tail(int value);
@@ -137,15 +137,4 @@ extern char safe_syscall_end[];
     safe_syscall_base(&((TaskState *)thread_cpu->opaque)->signal_pending, \
                       __VA_ARGS__)
 
-#else
-
-/*
- * Fallback for architectures which don't yet provide a safe-syscall assembly
- * fragment; note that this is racy!
- * This should go away when all host architectures have been updated.
- */
-#define safe_syscall syscall
-
-#endif
-
 #endif
diff --git a/linux-user/user-internals.h b/linux-user/user-internals.h
index 661612a088..f71f372829 100644
--- a/linux-user/user-internals.h
+++ b/linux-user/user-internals.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #ifndef LINUX_USER_USER_INTERNALS_H
 #define LINUX_USER_USER_INTERNALS_H
 
-#include "hostdep.h"
 #include "exec/user/thunk.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
 #include "qemu/log.h"
diff --git a/linux-user/safe-syscall-error.c b/linux-user/safe-syscall-error.c
index d7e2700f81..55d95ac39a 100644
--- a/linux-user/safe-syscall-error.c
+++ b/linux-user/safe-syscall-error.c
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "hostdep.h"
 #include "safe-syscall.h"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SAFE_SYSCALL
 /*
  * This is intended to be invoked via tail-call on the error path
  * from the assembly in host/arch/safe-syscall.inc.S.  This takes
@@ -25,4 +23,3 @@ long safe_syscall_set_errno_tail(int value)
     errno = value;
     return -1;
 }
-#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/signal.c b/linux-user/signal.c
index 6d5e5b698c..ca8f24b9ec 100644
--- a/linux-user/signal.c
+++ b/linux-user/signal.c
@@ -798,7 +798,6 @@ int queue_signal(CPUArchState *env, int sig, int si_type,
 /* Adjust the signal context to rewind out of safe-syscall if we're in it */
 static inline void rewind_if_in_safe_syscall(void *puc)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_SAFE_SYSCALL
     ucontext_t *uc = (ucontext_t *)puc;
     uintptr_t pcreg = host_signal_pc(uc);
 
@@ -806,7 +805,6 @@ static inline void rewind_if_in_safe_syscall(void *puc)
         && pcreg < (uintptr_t)safe_syscall_end) {
         host_signal_set_pc(uc, (uintptr_t)safe_syscall_start);
     }
-#endif
 }
 
 static void host_signal_handler(int host_sig, siginfo_t *info, void *puc)
diff --git a/linux-user/safe-syscall.S b/linux-user/safe-syscall.S
index 42ea7c40ba..7ddc997801 100644
--- a/linux-user/safe-syscall.S
+++ b/linux-user/safe-syscall.S
@@ -10,15 +10,12 @@
  * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
  */
 
-#include "hostdep.h"
 #include "target_errno_defs.h"
 
 /* We have the correct host directory on our include path
  * so that this will pull in the right fragment for the architecture.
  */
-#ifdef HAVE_SAFE_SYSCALL
 #include "safe-syscall.inc.S"
-#endif
 
 /* We must specifically say that we're happy for the stack to not be
  * executable, otherwise the toolchain will default to assuming our
