diff --git a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/syscall.h
index fb0e9d48faa668fe62dc174ac13bf3b5b8a67c87..ec2ce6792cd6dd9d1a16ae391ebb2cb044e3bd88 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -25,12 +25,9 @@ typedef long (*syscall_fn)(unsigned long, unsigned long,
 	unsigned long, unsigned long,
 	unsigned long, unsigned long);
 
-asmlinkage int sys_execve(char __user *ufilename, char __user * __user *argv,
-			  char __user * __user *envp);
 asmlinkage int sys_clone(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long newsp,
 			 unsigned long parent_tidp, unsigned long child_tidp);
 
-#define sys_execve	sys_execve
 #define sys_clone	sys_clone
 
 #include <asm-generic/syscalls.h>
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/syscalls.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/syscalls.h
index 369696d63e7b833fe6f01758a0d95c1bf8b1fe4f..394c76f2dc766ee3a04e99b2aa9a70effab2d231 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/syscalls.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/syscalls.h
@@ -65,13 +65,9 @@ long sys_ftruncate64(unsigned int fd, loff_t length);
 /* Provide versions of standard syscalls that use current_pt_regs(). */
 long sys_clone(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long newsp,
 		void __user *parent_tid, void __user *child_tid);
-long sys_execve(const char __user *filename,
-		 const char __user *const __user *argv,
-		 const char __user *const __user *envp);
 long sys_rt_sigreturn(void);
 long sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *, stack_t __user *);
 #define sys_clone sys_clone
-#define sys_execve sys_execve
 #define sys_rt_sigreturn sys_rt_sigreturn
 #define sys_sigaltstack sys_sigaltstack
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
index 2be0b880417e62b3b827fd5b68f18521a4625777..9e5aef3a25981a7f564b64d4b8107c104235744b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ long sys_iopl(unsigned int, struct pt_regs *);
 /* kernel/process.c */
 int sys_fork(struct pt_regs *);
 int sys_vfork(struct pt_regs *);
-long sys_execve(const char __user *,
-		const char __user *const __user *,
-		const char __user *const __user *);
 long sys_clone(unsigned long, unsigned long, void __user *,
 	       void __user *, struct pt_regs *);
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/syscall.h
index 124aeee0d3816cadf7abe7317d168b5f3b326891..4e27d76c9612d98c77a08ff4bc287daf494f133c 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 struct pt_regs;
 struct sigaction;
-asmlinkage long sys_execve(char*, char**, char**, struct pt_regs*);
 asmlinkage long xtensa_clone(unsigned long, unsigned long, struct pt_regs*);
 asmlinkage long xtensa_ptrace(long, long, long, long);
 asmlinkage long xtensa_sigreturn(struct pt_regs*);
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/syscalls.h b/include/asm-generic/syscalls.h
index 7e4fdb649951c90589f9a2bab826161e8ba3e0dd..77960333b1a1d78262570519c4c12e309fa29183 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/syscalls.h
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fork(void);
 asmlinkage long sys_vfork(void);
 #endif
 
-#ifndef sys_execve
-asmlinkage long sys_execve(const char __user *filename,
-			   const char __user *const __user *argv,
-			   const char __user *const __user *envp,
-			   struct pt_regs *regs);
-#endif
-
 #ifndef sys_mmap2
 asmlinkage long sys_mmap2(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 			unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags,
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 727f0cd739213cc70054d3412b181527f504d2f2..2779009ceaa3144b93b0d93c988d8142822f13d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -837,6 +837,9 @@ int kernel_execve(const char *filename, const char *const argv[], const char *co
 		current_pt_regs())
 #endif
 
+asmlinkage long sys_execve(const char __user *filename,
+		const char __user *const __user *argv,
+		const char __user *const __user *envp);
 
 asmlinkage long sys_perf_event_open(
 		struct perf_event_attr __user *attr_uptr,