diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/kernel-features.h
index bd94fe1..b9963e3 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/kernel-features.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/kernel-features.h
@@ -29,6 +29,3 @@
 #define __ASSUME_SENDMMSG_SYSCALL       1
 
 #include_next <kernel-features.h>
-
-/* asm-generic architectures do not have the utimes syscall.  */
-#undef __ASSUME_UTIMES
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/kernel-features.h
index 25c3e36..cf0c574 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/kernel-features.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/kernel-features.h
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 # define __ASSUME_SENDMMSG_SYSCALL	1
 #endif
 
-#include_next <kernel-features.h>
-
-/* hppa did not get the utimes syscall until 3.14.  */
-#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION < 0x030e00
-# undef __ASSUME_UTIMES
+/* Support for the utimes syscall was added in 3.14.  */
+#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x030e00
+# define __ASSUME_UTIMES		1
 #endif
+
+#include_next <kernel-features.h>
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/utimes.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/utimes.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f62dd05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/utimes.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* Implement utimes for hppa.
+   Copyright (C) 2014 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/>.  */
+
+/* hppa has the utimensat syscall in all supported kernel versions but
+   gained the utimes syscall later, so use the linux-generic
+   implementation of utimes in terms of the utimensat syscall unless
+   the utimes syscall is known to be available.  */
+
+#include <kernel-features.h>
+
+#ifdef __ASSUME_UTIMES
+# include <sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/utimes.c>
+#else
+# include <sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/utimes.c>
+#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
index 3c8ea50..2de5775 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
@@ -72,12 +72,6 @@
 /* The statfs64 syscalls are available in 2.5.74 (but not for alpha).  */
 #define __ASSUME_STATFS64	1
 
-/* The utimes syscall has been available for some architectures
-   forever.  For x86 it was introduced after 2.5.75, for x86-64,
-   ppc, and ppc64 it was introduced in 2.6.0-test3, for s390 it was
-   introduced in 2.6.21-rc5.  */
-#define __ASSUME_UTIMES	1
-
 /* pselect/ppoll were introduced just after 2.6.16-rc1.  On x86_64 and
    SH this appeared first in 2.6.19-rc1, on ia64 in 2.6.22-rc1.  */
 #define __ASSUME_PSELECT	1
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/kernel-features.h
index 78aacac..3dc0dfc 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/kernel-features.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/kernel-features.h
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 
 #include_next <kernel-features.h>
 
-/* asm-generic architectures do not have the utimes syscall.  */
-#undef __ASSUME_UTIMES
-
 /* Define this if your 32-bit syscall API requires 64-bit register
    pairs to start with an even-number register.  */
 #define __ASSUME_ALIGNED_REGISTER_PAIRS	1
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/utimes.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/utimes.c
index 2bcebeb..5bea069 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/utimes.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/utimes.c
@@ -20,40 +20,16 @@
 #include <utime.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sysdep.h>
-#include <kernel-features.h>
 
 
+/* Consider moving to syscalls.list.  */
+
 /* Change the access time of FILE to TVP[0] and
    the modification time of FILE to TVP[1].  */
 int
 __utimes (const char *file, const struct timeval tvp[2])
 {
-#ifdef __NR_utimes
-  int result = INLINE_SYSCALL (utimes, 2, file, tvp);
-# ifndef __ASSUME_UTIMES
-  if (result != -1 || errno != ENOSYS)
-# endif
-    return result;
-#endif
-
-  /* The utimes() syscall does not exist or is not available in the
-     used kernel.  Use utime().  For this we have to convert to the
-     data format utime() expects.  */
-#ifndef __ASSUME_UTIMES
-  struct utimbuf buf;
-  struct utimbuf *times;
-
-  if (tvp != NULL)
-    {
-      times = &buf;
-      buf.actime = tvp[0].tv_sec + tvp[0].tv_usec / 1000000;
-      buf.modtime = tvp[1].tv_sec + tvp[1].tv_usec / 1000000;
-    }
-  else
-    times = NULL;
-
-  return INLINE_SYSCALL (utime, 2, file, times);
-#endif
+  return INLINE_SYSCALL (utimes, 2, file, tvp);
 }
 
 weak_alias (__utimes, utimes)
