diff --git a/arch/um/sys-ppc/Makefile b/arch/um/sys-ppc/Makefile
index 0890152..b8bc844 100644
--- a/arch/um/sys-ppc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/sys-ppc/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .S.o:
 	$(CC) $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__ -D__UM_PPC__ -c $< -o $*.o
 
-OBJS = ptrace.o sigcontext.o semaphore.o checksum.o miscthings.o misc.o \
+OBJS = ptrace.o sigcontext.o checksum.o miscthings.o misc.o \
 	ptrace_user.o sysrq.o
 
 EXTRA_AFLAGS := -DCONFIG_PPC32 -I. -I$(srctree)/arch/ppc/kernel
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
 sigcontext.o: sigcontext.c
 	$(CC) $(USER_CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-semaphore.c:
-	rm -f $@
-	ln -s $(srctree)/arch/ppc/kernel/$@ $@
-
 checksum.S:
 	rm -f $@
 	ln -s $(srctree)/arch/ppc/lib/$@ $@
@@ -66,4 +62,4 @@
 	$(CC) $(EXTRA_AFLAGS) $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__ -D__UM_PPC__ -c $< -o $*.o
 	rm -f asm
 
-clean-files := $(OBJS) ppc_defs.h checksum.S semaphore.c mk_defs.c
+clean-files := $(OBJS) ppc_defs.h checksum.S mk_defs.c