diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h
index a31a78eac9b99962cf6b55df76b1066cdcaf7b2b..7826e227e4d09003ffb230c1596143f74539d607 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_OLDUMOUNT
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPENDING
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
+#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 
 /* "Conditional" syscalls.  What we want is
 
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S
index ec0da0567ab515e6203d2310a9d960be7d4fc0e7..61ff145cab6ec849ded0335e33500cd22bc8d5ae 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S
@@ -744,15 +744,6 @@ sys_rt_sigreturn:
 	br	ret_from_sys_call
 .end sys_rt_sigreturn
 
-	.align	4
-	.globl	sys_execve
-	.ent	sys_execve
-sys_execve:
-	.prologue 0
-	mov	$sp, $19
-	jmp	$31, do_sys_execve
-.end sys_execve
-
 	.align	4
 	.globl	alpha_ni_syscall
 	.ent	alpha_ni_syscall
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
index d6fde98b74b38bf87aac592c2b9697c1bc925558..145473909199d71106916eff579648d500312d0e 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
@@ -381,27 +381,6 @@ dump_elf_task_fp(elf_fpreg_t *dest, struct task_struct *task)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_elf_task_fp);
 
-/*
- * sys_execve() executes a new program.
- */
-asmlinkage int
-do_sys_execve(const char __user *ufilename,
-	      const char __user *const __user *argv,
-	      const char __user *const __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-	int error;
-	char *filename;
-
-	filename = getname(ufilename);
-	error = PTR_ERR(filename);
-	if (IS_ERR(filename))
-		goto out;
-	error = do_execve(filename, argv, envp, regs);
-	putname(filename);
-out:
-	return error;
-}
-
 /*
  * Return saved PC of a blocked thread.  This assumes the frame
  * pointer is the 6th saved long on the kernel stack and that the