diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/syscalls_32.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/syscalls_32.h
index 6c1fa559753c10b6f8f4d1d78d10492d7c318cc1..d2f89f1741f4d3d67d4a12f1d6107dea1f4fe64c 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/syscalls_32.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/syscalls_32.h
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_clone(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long newsp,
 asmlinkage int sys_vfork(unsigned long r4, unsigned long r5,
 			 unsigned long r6, unsigned long r7,
 			 struct pt_regs __regs);
-asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *ufilename,
-			  const char __user *const __user *uargv,
-			  const char __user *const __user *uenvp,
-			  unsigned long r7, struct pt_regs __regs);
 asmlinkage int sys_sigsuspend(old_sigset_t mask);
 asmlinkage int sys_sigaction(int sig, const struct old_sigaction __user *act,
 			     struct old_sigaction __user *oact);
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/syscalls_64.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/syscalls_64.h
index ee519f41d9500561b75c31caf0b293557e1d7e76..3fedd9f1fab50d9470b749ba4b466962d0509c71 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/syscalls_64.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/syscalls_64.h
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_vfork(unsigned long r2, unsigned long r3,
 			 unsigned long r4, unsigned long r5,
 			 unsigned long r6, unsigned long r7,
 			 struct pt_regs *pregs);
-asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char *ufilename, char **uargv,
-			  char **uenvp, unsigned long r5,
-			  unsigned long r6, unsigned long r7,
-			  struct pt_regs *pregs);
 
 /* Misc syscall related bits */
 asmlinkage long long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs);
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h
index 307201a854f3902b84a100a4f0f72911a3a37932..41f59fa827a86bd82ea8e8cab05e57d9e9008429 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPENDING
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
+# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 
 /*
  * "Conditional" syscalls
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/sh/kernel/process_32.c
index b55070b9a634ab91adf6661223b812e8c0dfef99..fce8029de922f1bbc0be0b2bf6cd54aea0ba2de4 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -262,29 +262,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_vfork(unsigned long r4, unsigned long r5,
 		       0, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
-/*
- * sys_execve() executes a new program.
- */
-asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *ufilename,
-			  const char __user *const __user *uargv,
-			  const char __user *const __user *uenvp,
-			  unsigned long r7, struct pt_regs __regs)
-{
-	struct pt_regs *regs = RELOC_HIDE(&__regs, 0);
-	int error;
-	struct filename *filename;
-
-	filename = getname(ufilename);
-	error = PTR_ERR(filename);
-	if (IS_ERR(filename))
-		goto out;
-
-	error = do_execve(filename->name, uargv, uenvp, regs);
-	putname(filename);
-out:
-	return error;
-}
-
 unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	unsigned long pc;
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/sh/kernel/process_64.c
index fd338b030fd97f791f39d4c87b2a5ccdffe72bbc..3a0f3fd3bb58fd9128759e0c8252606a30c37007 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -454,31 +454,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_vfork(unsigned long r2, unsigned long r3,
 	return do_fork(CLONE_VFORK | CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD, pregs->regs[15], pregs, 0, 0, 0);
 }
 
-/*
- * sys_execve() executes a new program.
- */
-asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char *ufilename, char **uargv,
-			  char **uenvp, unsigned long r5,
-			  unsigned long r6, unsigned long r7,
-			  struct pt_regs *pregs)
-{
-	int error;
-	struct filename *filename;
-
-	filename = getname((char __user *)ufilename);
-	error = PTR_ERR(filename);
-	if (IS_ERR(filename))
-		goto out;
-
-	error = do_execve(filename->name,
-			  (const char __user *const __user *)uargv,
-			  (const char __user *const __user *)uenvp,
-			  pregs);
-	putname(filename);
-out:
-	return error;
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
 static int in_sh64_switch_to(unsigned long pc)
 {