diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index bec7808b7b0f..ec89a7b11f7b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ config PPC
 	select GENERIC_COMPAT_RT_SIGPROCMASK
 	select GENERIC_COMPAT_RT_SIGPENDING
 	select OLD_SIGSUSPEND
+	select OLD_SIGACTION if PPC32
 
 config EARLY_PRINTK
 	bool
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ config COMPAT
 	default y if PPC64
 	select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
 	select ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
+	select COMPAT_OLD_SIGACTION
 
 config SYSVIPC_COMPAT
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 6defdd65594e..6c69ee94fd8d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #include <asm-generic/signal-defs.h>
 
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
 struct old_sigaction {
 	__sighandler_t sa_handler;
 	old_sigset_t sa_mask;
@@ -97,7 +98,6 @@ struct old_sigaction {
 	__sigrestore_t sa_restorer;
 };
 
-#ifndef __KERNEL__
 struct sigaction {
 	__sighandler_t sa_handler;
 	unsigned long sa_flags;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc32.h b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc32.h
index fe92b0d0603a..a27c914d5802 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc32.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc32.h
@@ -16,15 +16,6 @@
 
 /* These are here to support 32-bit syscalls on a 64-bit kernel. */
 
-#define __old_sigaction32	old_sigaction32
-
-struct __old_sigaction32 {
-	compat_uptr_t		sa_handler;
-	compat_old_sigset_t  	sa_mask;
-	unsigned int    	sa_flags;
-	compat_uptr_t		sa_restorer;     /* not used by Linux/SPARC yet */
-};
-
 struct pt_regs32 {
 	unsigned int gpr[32];
 	unsigned int nip;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
index 16ec1c9899ad..802ab5ea36cb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 #define sys_rt_sigreturn	compat_sys_rt_sigreturn
-#define sys_sigaction	compat_sys_sigaction
 #define sys_swapcontext	compat_sys_swapcontext
 #define sys_sigreturn	compat_sys_sigreturn
 
@@ -130,23 +129,6 @@ static inline int get_sigset_t(sigset_t *set,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int get_old_sigaction(struct k_sigaction *new_ka,
-		struct old_sigaction __user *act)
-{
-	compat_old_sigset_t mask;
-	compat_uptr_t handler, restorer;
-
-	if (get_user(handler, &act->sa_handler) ||
-	    __get_user(restorer, &act->sa_restorer) ||
-	    __get_user(new_ka->sa.sa_flags, &act->sa_flags) ||
-	    __get_user(mask, &act->sa_mask))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	new_ka->sa.sa_handler = compat_ptr(handler);
-	new_ka->sa.sa_restorer = compat_ptr(restorer);
-	siginitset(&new_ka->sa.sa_mask, mask);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 #define to_user_ptr(p)		ptr_to_compat(p)
 #define from_user_ptr(p)	compat_ptr(p)
 
@@ -196,21 +178,6 @@ static inline int get_sigset_t(sigset_t *set, const sigset_t __user *uset)
 	return copy_from_user(set, uset, sizeof(*uset));
 }
 
-static inline int get_old_sigaction(struct k_sigaction *new_ka,
-		struct old_sigaction __user *act)
-{
-	old_sigset_t mask;
-
-	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, act, sizeof(*act)) ||
-			__get_user(new_ka->sa.sa_handler, &act->sa_handler) ||
-			__get_user(new_ka->sa.sa_restorer, &act->sa_restorer) ||
-			__get_user(new_ka->sa.sa_flags, &act->sa_flags) ||
-			__get_user(mask, &act->sa_mask))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	siginitset(&new_ka->sa.sa_mask, mask);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 #define to_user_ptr(p)		((unsigned long)(p))
 #define from_user_ptr(p)	((void __user *)(p))
 
@@ -234,40 +201,8 @@ static inline int restore_general_regs(struct pt_regs *regs,
 		return -EFAULT;
 	return 0;
 }
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
-
-long sys_sigaction(int sig, struct old_sigaction __user *act,
-		struct old_sigaction __user *oact)
-{
-	struct k_sigaction new_ka, old_ka;
-	int ret;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
-	if (sig < 0)
-		sig = -sig;
 #endif
 
-	if (act) {
-		if (get_old_sigaction(&new_ka, act))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
-
-	ret = do_sigaction(sig, act ? &new_ka : NULL, oact ? &old_ka : NULL);
-	if (!ret && oact) {
-		if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, oact, sizeof(*oact)) ||
-		    __put_user(to_user_ptr(old_ka.sa.sa_handler),
-			    &oact->sa_handler) ||
-		    __put_user(to_user_ptr(old_ka.sa.sa_restorer),
-			    &oact->sa_restorer) ||
-		    __put_user(old_ka.sa.sa_flags, &oact->sa_flags) ||
-		    __put_user(old_ka.sa.sa_mask.sig[0], &oact->sa_mask))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /*
  * When we have signals to deliver, we set up on the
  * user stack, going down from the original stack pointer: