diff --git a/elf/dl-load.c b/elf/dl-load.c
index f972524421..80c23446ba 100644
--- a/elf/dl-load.c
+++ b/elf/dl-load.c
@@ -1281,10 +1281,6 @@ _dl_map_object_from_fd (const char *name, const char *origname, int fd,
 #endif
 	__stack_prot |= PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC;
 
-#ifdef check_consistency
-      check_consistency ();
-#endif
-
       errval = (*GL(dl_make_stack_executable_hook)) (stack_endp);
       if (errval)
 	{
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-execstack.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-execstack.c
index ac1aa72f3b..28f3bd90e0 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-execstack.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-execstack.c
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ _dl_make_stack_executable (void **stack_endp)
   GL(dl_stack_flags) |= PF_X;
 
  out:
-#ifdef check_consistency
-  check_consistency ();
-#endif
-
   return result;
 }
 rtld_hidden_def (_dl_make_stack_executable)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h
index 0be10744ff..7bfb42dbbb 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h
@@ -241,48 +241,6 @@
 extern int __syscall_error (int)
   attribute_hidden __attribute__ ((__regparm__ (1)));
 
-#ifndef OPTIMIZE_FOR_GCC_5
-/* We need some help from the assembler to generate optimal code.  We
-   define some macros here which later will be used.  */
-asm (".L__X'%ebx = 1\n\t"
-     ".L__X'%ecx = 2\n\t"
-     ".L__X'%edx = 2\n\t"
-     ".L__X'%eax = 3\n\t"
-     ".L__X'%esi = 3\n\t"
-     ".L__X'%edi = 3\n\t"
-     ".L__X'%ebp = 3\n\t"
-     ".L__X'%esp = 3\n\t"
-     ".macro bpushl name reg\n\t"
-     ".if 1 - \\name\n\t"
-     ".if 2 - \\name\n\t"
-     "error\n\t"
-     ".else\n\t"
-     "xchgl \\reg, %ebx\n\t"
-     ".endif\n\t"
-     ".endif\n\t"
-     ".endm\n\t"
-     ".macro bpopl name reg\n\t"
-     ".if 1 - \\name\n\t"
-     ".if 2 - \\name\n\t"
-     "error\n\t"
-     ".else\n\t"
-     "xchgl \\reg, %ebx\n\t"
-     ".endif\n\t"
-     ".endif\n\t"
-     ".endm\n\t");
-
-/* Six-argument syscalls use an out-of-line helper, because an inline
-   asm using all registers apart from %esp cannot work reliably and
-   the assembler does not support describing an asm that saves and
-   restores %ebp itself as a separate stack frame.  This structure
-   stores the arguments not passed in registers; %edi is passed with a
-   pointer to this structure.  */
-struct libc_do_syscall_args
-{
-  int ebx, edi, ebp;
-};
-#endif
-
 /* Define a macro which expands inline into the wrapper code for a system
    call.  */
 #undef INLINE_SYSCALL
@@ -336,43 +294,23 @@ struct libc_do_syscall_args
     INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_INLINE(name, err, 4, args)
 #define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_5(name, err, args...) \
     INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_INLINE(name, err, 5, args)
-/* Each object using 6-argument inline syscalls must include a
-   definition of __libc_do_syscall.  */
-#ifdef OPTIMIZE_FOR_GCC_5
-# define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_6(name, err, args...) \
+#define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_6(name, err, args...) \
     INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_INLINE(name, err, 6, args)
-#else /* GCC 5  */
-# define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_6(name, err, arg1, arg2, arg3,		\
-				 arg4, arg5, arg6)			\
-  struct libc_do_syscall_args _xv =					\
-    {									\
-      (int) (arg1),							\
-      (int) (arg5),							\
-      (int) (arg6)							\
-    };									\
-    asm volatile (							\
-    "movl %1, %%eax\n\t"						\
-    "call __libc_do_syscall"						\
-    : "=a" (resultvar)							\
-    : "i" (__NR_##name), "c" (arg2), "d" (arg3), "S" (arg4), "D" (&_xv) \
-    : "memory", "cc")
-#endif /* GCC 5  */
 #define INTERNAL_SYSCALL(name, err, nr, args...) \
   ({									      \
     register unsigned int resultvar;					      \
     INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_##nr (name, err, args);			      \
     (int) resultvar; })
 #if I386_USE_SYSENTER
-# ifdef OPTIMIZE_FOR_GCC_5
-#  ifdef PIC
-#   define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_INLINE(name, err, nr, args...) \
+# ifdef PIC
+#  define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_INLINE(name, err, nr, args...) \
     LOADREGS_##nr(args)							\
     asm volatile (							\
     "call *%%gs:%P2"							\
     : "=a" (resultvar)							\
     : "a" (__NR_##name), "i" (offsetof (tcbhead_t, sysinfo))		\
       ASMARGS_##nr(args) : "memory", "cc")
-#   define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS(name, err, nr, args...) \
+#  define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS(name, err, nr, args...) \
   ({									\
     register unsigned int resultvar;					\
     LOADREGS_##nr(args)							\
@@ -382,14 +320,14 @@ struct libc_do_syscall_args
     : "a" (name), "i" (offsetof (tcbhead_t, sysinfo))			\
       ASMARGS_##nr(args) : "memory", "cc");				\
     (int) resultvar; })
-#  else
-#   define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_INLINE(name, err, nr, args...) \
+# else
+#  define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_INLINE(name, err, nr, args...) \
     LOADREGS_##nr(args)							\
     asm volatile (							\
     "call *_dl_sysinfo"							\
     : "=a" (resultvar)							\
     : "a" (__NR_##name) ASMARGS_##nr(args) : "memory", "cc")
-#   define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS(name, err, nr, args...) \
+#  define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS(name, err, nr, args...) \
   ({									\
     register unsigned int resultvar;					\
     LOADREGS_##nr(args)							\
@@ -398,63 +336,15 @@ struct libc_do_syscall_args
     : "=a" (resultvar)							\
     : "a" (name) ASMARGS_##nr(args) : "memory", "cc");			\
     (int) resultvar; })
-#  endif
-# else /* GCC 5  */
-#  ifdef PIC
-#   define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_INLINE(name, err, nr, args...) \
-    EXTRAVAR_##nr							      \
-    asm volatile (							      \
-    LOADARGS_##nr							      \
-    "movl %1, %%eax\n\t"						      \
-    "call *%%gs:%P2\n\t"						      \
-    RESTOREARGS_##nr							      \
-    : "=a" (resultvar)							      \
-    : "i" (__NR_##name), "i" (offsetof (tcbhead_t, sysinfo))		      \
-      ASMFMT_##nr(args) : "memory", "cc")
-#   define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS(name, err, nr, args...) \
-  ({									      \
-    register unsigned int resultvar;					      \
-    EXTRAVAR_##nr							      \
-    asm volatile (							      \
-    LOADARGS_##nr							      \
-    "call *%%gs:%P2\n\t"						      \
-    RESTOREARGS_##nr							      \
-    : "=a" (resultvar)							      \
-    : "0" (name), "i" (offsetof (tcbhead_t, sysinfo))			      \
-      ASMFMT_##nr(args) : "memory", "cc");				      \
-    (int) resultvar; })
-#  else
-#   define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_INLINE(name, err, nr, args...) \
-    EXTRAVAR_##nr							      \
-    asm volatile (							      \
-    LOADARGS_##nr							      \
-    "movl %1, %%eax\n\t"						      \
-    "call *_dl_sysinfo\n\t"						      \
-    RESTOREARGS_##nr							      \
-    : "=a" (resultvar)							      \
-    : "i" (__NR_##name) ASMFMT_##nr(args) : "memory", "cc")
-#   define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS(name, err, nr, args...) \
-  ({									      \
-    register unsigned int resultvar;					      \
-    EXTRAVAR_##nr							      \
-    asm volatile (							      \
-    LOADARGS_##nr							      \
-    "call *_dl_sysinfo\n\t"						      \
-    RESTOREARGS_##nr							      \
-    : "=a" (resultvar)							      \
-    : "0" (name) ASMFMT_##nr(args) : "memory", "cc");			      \
-    (int) resultvar; })
-#  endif
-# endif /* GCC 5  */
+# endif
 #else
-# ifdef OPTIMIZE_FOR_GCC_5
-#  define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_INLINE(name, err, nr, args...) \
+# define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_INLINE(name, err, nr, args...) \
     LOADREGS_##nr(args)							\
     asm volatile (							\
     "int $0x80"								\
     : "=a" (resultvar)							\
     : "a" (__NR_##name) ASMARGS_##nr(args) : "memory", "cc")
-#  define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS(name, err, nr, args...) \
+# define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS(name, err, nr, args...) \
   ({									\
     register unsigned int resultvar;					\
     LOADREGS_##nr(args)							\
@@ -463,28 +353,6 @@ struct libc_do_syscall_args
     : "=a" (resultvar)							\
     : "a" (name) ASMARGS_##nr(args) : "memory", "cc");			\
     (int) resultvar; })
-# else /* GCC 5  */
-#  define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_MAIN_INLINE(name, err, nr, args...) \
-    EXTRAVAR_##nr							      \
-    asm volatile (							      \
-    LOADARGS_##nr							      \
-    "movl %1, %%eax\n\t"						      \
-    "int $0x80\n\t"							      \
-    RESTOREARGS_##nr							      \
-    : "=a" (resultvar)							      \
-    : "i" (__NR_##name) ASMFMT_##nr(args) : "memory", "cc")
-#  define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS(name, err, nr, args...) \
-  ({									      \
-    register unsigned int resultvar;					      \
-    EXTRAVAR_##nr							      \
-    asm volatile (							      \
-    LOADARGS_##nr							      \
-    "int $0x80\n\t"							      \
-    RESTOREARGS_##nr							      \
-    : "=a" (resultvar)							      \
-    : "0" (name) ASMFMT_##nr(args) : "memory", "cc");			      \
-    (int) resultvar; })
-# endif /* GCC 5  */
 #endif
 
 #undef INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL
@@ -549,35 +417,33 @@ struct libc_do_syscall_args
 # define RESTOREARGS_5
 #endif
 
-#ifdef OPTIMIZE_FOR_GCC_5
-# define LOADREGS_0()
-# define ASMARGS_0()
-# define LOADREGS_1(arg1) \
+#define LOADREGS_0()
+#define ASMARGS_0()
+#define LOADREGS_1(arg1) \
 	LOADREGS_0 ()
-# define ASMARGS_1(arg1) \
+#define ASMARGS_1(arg1) \
 	ASMARGS_0 (), "b" ((unsigned int) (arg1))
-# define LOADREGS_2(arg1, arg2) \
+#define LOADREGS_2(arg1, arg2) \
 	LOADREGS_1 (arg1)
-# define ASMARGS_2(arg1, arg2) \
+#define ASMARGS_2(arg1, arg2) \
 	ASMARGS_1 (arg1), "c" ((unsigned int) (arg2))
-# define LOADREGS_3(arg1, arg2, arg3) \
+#define LOADREGS_3(arg1, arg2, arg3) \
 	LOADREGS_2 (arg1, arg2)
-# define ASMARGS_3(arg1, arg2, arg3) \
+#define ASMARGS_3(arg1, arg2, arg3) \
 	ASMARGS_2 (arg1, arg2), "d" ((unsigned int) (arg3))
-# define LOADREGS_4(arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4) \
+#define LOADREGS_4(arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4) \
 	LOADREGS_3 (arg1, arg2, arg3)
-# define ASMARGS_4(arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4) \
+#define ASMARGS_4(arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4) \
 	ASMARGS_3 (arg1, arg2, arg3), "S" ((unsigned int) (arg4))
-# define LOADREGS_5(arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5) \
+#define LOADREGS_5(arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5) \
 	LOADREGS_4 (arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4)
-# define ASMARGS_5(arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5) \
+#define ASMARGS_5(arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5) \
 	ASMARGS_4 (arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4), "D" ((unsigned int) (arg5))
-# define LOADREGS_6(arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6) \
+#define LOADREGS_6(arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6) \
 	register unsigned int _a6 asm ("ebp") = (unsigned int) (arg6); \
 	LOADREGS_5 (arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5)
-# define ASMARGS_6(arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6) \
+#define ASMARGS_6(arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6) \
 	ASMARGS_5 (arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5), "r" (_a6)
-#endif /* GCC 5  */
 
 #define ASMFMT_0()
 #ifdef __PIC__
@@ -615,20 +481,6 @@ struct libc_do_syscall_args
 # define EXTRAVAR_5
 #endif
 
-/* Consistency check for position-independent code.  */
-#if defined __PIC__ && !defined OPTIMIZE_FOR_GCC_5
-# define check_consistency()						      \
-  ({ int __res;								      \
-     __asm__ __volatile__						      \
-       (LOAD_PIC_REG_STR (cx) ";"					      \
-	"subl %%ebx, %%ecx;"						      \
-	"je 1f;"							      \
-	"ud2;"								      \
-	"1:\n"								      \
-	: "=c" (__res));						      \
-     __res; })
-#endif
-
 #endif	/* __ASSEMBLER__ */
 
 
