diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index ce0cbd6ba7ca9e5a8ca4b0cf05b37ea2a1e5dcc0..c837bcacf2188460a50754f3a75d1b485c25f671 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -764,9 +764,6 @@ static int __init setup_hwcaps(void)
 	get_cpu_id(&cpu_id);
 	add_device_randomness(&cpu_id, sizeof(cpu_id));
 	switch (cpu_id.machine) {
-	case 0x9672:
-		strcpy(elf_platform, "g5");
-		break;
 	case 0x2064:
 	case 0x2066:
 	default:	/* Use "z900" as default for 64 bit kernels. */