diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 4846bf543a8c..7c8e3da23810 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -862,11 +862,6 @@ int sys_execve(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2,
 	flush_spe_to_thread(current);
 	error = do_execve(filename, (char __user * __user *) a1,
 			  (char __user * __user *) a2, regs);
-	if (error == 0) {
-		task_lock(current);
-		current->ptrace &= ~PT_DTRACE;
-		task_unlock(current);
-	}
 	putname(filename);
 out:
 	return error;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
index 4a4f5c6b560b..9c3371e6958e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
@@ -368,11 +368,6 @@ long compat_sys_execve(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2,
 
 	error = compat_do_execve(filename, compat_ptr(a1), compat_ptr(a2), regs);
 
-	if (error == 0) {
-		task_lock(current);
-		current->ptrace &= ~PT_DTRACE;
-		task_unlock(current);
-	}
 	putname(filename);
 
 out: