diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/siginfo.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/siginfo.h
index 6f2e2dd0f28fddc5fe73a0ea3fbaec4f7021cccd..dd2f2fce976b5c3dc0adde3855e91d168834c704 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/siginfo.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/siginfo.h
@@ -1,23 +1 @@
-/*
- * Based on <asm-i386/siginfo.h>.
- *
- * Modified 1998-2002
- *	David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@hpl.hp.com>, Hewlett-Packard Co
- */
-#ifndef _ASM_IA64_SIGINFO_H
-#define _ASM_IA64_SIGINFO_H
-
-#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <uapi/asm/siginfo.h>
-
-static inline void
-copy_siginfo (siginfo_t *to, siginfo_t *from)
-{
-	if (from->si_code < 0)
-		memcpy(to, from, sizeof(siginfo_t));
-	else
-		/* _sigchld is currently the largest know union member */
-		memcpy(to, from, 4*sizeof(int) + sizeof(from->_sifields._sigchld));
-}
-
-#endif /* _ASM_IA64_SIGINFO_H */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/siginfo.h b/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/siginfo.h
index f72bf0172bb23fef180c54674b540754b7d8eb87..4694c64252d6daffa827ca6d187f6f676ac7a3a2 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/siginfo.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/siginfo.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_SI_PREAMBLE_SIZE	(4 * sizeof(int))
 
 #define HAVE_ARCH_SIGINFO_T
-#define HAVE_ARCH_COPY_SIGINFO
 #define HAVE_ARCH_COPY_SIGINFO_TO_USER
 
 #include <asm-generic/siginfo.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
index 1f5a16620693a644281d6e108c256de0800f977a..80c7418be359d3a9fee86b9c216790a928d7a6ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal.h
@@ -3,16 +3,13 @@
 
 #include <linux/bug.h>
 #include <linux/signal_types.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
 struct task_struct;
 
 /* for sysctl */
 extern int print_fatal_signals;
 
-#ifndef HAVE_ARCH_COPY_SIGINFO
-
-#include <linux/string.h>
-
 static inline void copy_siginfo(struct siginfo *to, struct siginfo *from)
 {
 	if (from->si_code < 0)
@@ -22,8 +19,6 @@ static inline void copy_siginfo(struct siginfo *to, struct siginfo *from)
 		memcpy(to, from, __ARCH_SI_PREAMBLE_SIZE + sizeof(from->_sifields._sigchld));
 }
 
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Define some primitives to manipulate sigset_t.
  */