diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
index d7f22226fc4ec61a569f258c2e0903bbd0c121f3..98e246dc02338bef90d6cd9f27d39069b4cac414 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
@@ -608,14 +608,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_settimeofday(struct compat_timeval __user *tv, struct time
 	return do_sys_settimeofday(tv ? &kts : NULL, tz ? &ktz : NULL);
 }
 
-/* These are here just in case some old sparc32 binary calls it. */
-asmlinkage long sys32_pause(void)
-{
-	current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
-	schedule();
-	return -ERESTARTNOHAND;
-}
-
 asmlinkage long sys32_pread64(unsigned int fd, char __user *ubuf,
 				size_t count, u32 poshi, u32 poslo)
 {
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.h b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.h
index 20723a06201736c5c67a0a89aa75c65e3b909b33..05f8516366ab0df450c12a53723a53fe94ef841e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.h
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ long sys32_gettimeofday(struct compat_timeval __user *tv,
 			struct timezone __user *tz);
 long sys32_settimeofday(struct compat_timeval __user *tv,
 			struct timezone __user *tz);
-long sys32_pause(void);
 long sys32_pread64(unsigned int fd, char __user *ubuf, size_t count,
 		   u32 poshi, u32 poslo);
 long sys32_pwrite64(unsigned int fd, const char __user *ubuf,
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
index 328a20e880b53525f41385fafba3fdf2cac18e1b..ee51ca9e23b56e1ba0380323f4cac8193d63c627 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ sys32_alarm_wrapper:
 	llgfr	%r2,%r2			# unsigned int
 	jg	sys_alarm		# branch to system call
 
-#sys32_pause_wrapper			# void
-
 	.globl	compat_sys_utime_wrapper
 compat_sys_utime_wrapper:
 	llgtr	%r2,%r2			# char *
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
index c66d35e55142b0923d08fa4c675b8b320c78f686..3ae303914b4201f63dc83c09ca74744e2e3ec283 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ SYSCALL(sys_stime,sys_ni_syscall,sys32_stime_wrapper)		/* 25 old stime syscall *
 SYSCALL(sys_ptrace,sys_ptrace,sys32_ptrace_wrapper)
 SYSCALL(sys_alarm,sys_alarm,sys32_alarm_wrapper)
 NI_SYSCALL							/* old fstat syscall */
-SYSCALL(sys_pause,sys_pause,sys32_pause)
+SYSCALL(sys_pause,sys_pause,sys_pause)
 SYSCALL(sys_utime,sys_utime,compat_sys_utime_wrapper)		/* 30 */
 NI_SYSCALL							/* old stty syscall */
 NI_SYSCALL							/* old gtty syscall */