diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
index 04c4a91b04c0c8817439ac2efa456b2b134a4003..bf020364e1daf888e12b69f2e8680d83dbc1d2bc 100644
--- a/target/arm/helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/helper.c
@@ -6537,9 +6537,6 @@ uint32_t arm_phys_excp_target_el(CPUState *cs, uint32_t excp_idx,
         break;
     };
 
-    /* If HCR.TGE is set then HCR is treated as being 1 */
-    hcr |= ((env->cp15.hcr_el2 & HCR_TGE) == HCR_TGE);
-
     /* Perform a table-lookup for the target EL given the current state */
     target_el = target_el_table[is64][scr][rw][hcr][secure][cur_el];