diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/sysprof/files/ppc-macro-fix.patch b/meta/recipes-kernel/sysprof/files/ppc-macro-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a2e015a0c5..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/sysprof/files/ppc-macro-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: git/collector.c
-===================================================================
---- git.orig/collector.c	2010-12-09 19:42:12.292040001 -0600
-+++ git/collector.c	2010-12-09 19:42:23.352039997 -0600
-@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
- #define __NR_perf_counter_open 337
- #elif defined(__hppa__)
- #define __NR_perf_counter_open 318
--#elif defined(__ppc__) || defined(__ppc64__)
-+#elif defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__powerpc64__)
- #define __NR_perf_counter_open 319
- #elif defined(__s390__)
- #define __NR_perf_counter_open 331
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/sysprof/sysprof_git.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/sysprof/sysprof_git.bb
index 586aee9cd9..4c98ff68ed 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/sysprof/sysprof_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/sysprof/sysprof_git.bb
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ SRC_URI = "git://git.gnome.org/sysprof;protocol=git \
 
 SRC_URI_append_arm  = " file://rmb-arm.patch"
 SRC_URI_append_mips = " file://rmb-mips.patch"
-SRC_URI_append_powerpc = " file://ppc-macro-fix.patch"
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum]    = "80902a7b3d6f7cb83eb6b47e87538747"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1c6403278fa4f3b37a1fb9f0784e496dce1703fe84ac03b2650bf469133a0cb3"