diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/sysv4/solaris2/sparc/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/sysv4/solaris2/sparc/Makefile
index dde3f820d4..7ad4bb1633 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/sysv4/solaris2/sparc/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/sysv4/solaris2/sparc/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,3 @@
 # and difftime.o don't work because of this.  The long-term fix is to actually
 # implement what they're doing, but for the short-term, we must do this.
 sysdep-CFLAGS := $(sysdep-CFLAGS) -mhard-quad-float
-
-ifeq ($(subdir),signal)
-sysdep_routines := $(sysdep_routines) sys-sig
-endif