diff --git a/benchtests/bench-memcpy.c b/benchtests/bench-memcpy.c
index 6c5c549144417b1845c4f9fedffc329d44fdfa6c..21cb000e4ca721fef3d3236169527317ad2833f7 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-memcpy.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-memcpy.c
@@ -23,23 +23,16 @@
 # define TEST_NAME "memcpy"
 # include "bench-string.h"
 
-char *
-simple_memcpy (char *dst, const char *src, size_t n)
-{
-  char *ret = dst;
-  while (n--)
-    *dst++ = *src++;
-  return ret;
-}
+void *generic_memcpy (void *, const void *, size_t);
 
 IMPL (memcpy, 1)
-IMPL (simple_memcpy, 0)
+IMPL (generic_memcpy, 0)
 
 #endif
 
 # include "json-lib.h"
 
-typedef char *(*proto_t) (char *, const char *, size_t);
+typedef void *(*proto_t) (void *, const void *, size_t);
 
 static void
 do_one_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, impl_t *impl, char *dst, const char *src,
@@ -161,3 +154,9 @@ test_main (void)
 }
 
 #include <support/test-driver.c>
+
+#define libc_hidden_builtin_def(X)
+#undef MEMCPY
+#define MEMCPY generic_memcpy
+#include <string/memcpy.c>
+#include <string/wordcopy.c>
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-memmove.c b/benchtests/bench-memmove.c
index a4d5ecd6386896017386be94a6f07eb68fc868c5..9804e718b9be3c6174e426602f5f70d216272c47 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-memmove.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-memmove.c
@@ -21,30 +21,12 @@
 #include "bench-string.h"
 #include "json-lib.h"
 
-char *simple_memmove (char *, const char *, size_t);
+void *generic_memmove (void *, const void *, size_t);
 
-typedef char *(*proto_t) (char *, const char *, size_t);
+typedef void *(*proto_t) (void *, const void *, size_t);
 
 IMPL (memmove, 1)
-IMPL (simple_memmove, 0)
-
-char *
-inhibit_loop_to_libcall
-simple_memmove (char *dst, const char *src, size_t n)
-{
-  char *ret = dst;
-  if (src < dst)
-    {
-      dst += n;
-      src += n;
-      while (n--)
-	*--dst = *--src;
-    }
-  else
-    while (n--)
-      *dst++ = *src++;
-  return ret;
-}
+IMPL (generic_memmove, 0)
 
 static void
 do_one_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, impl_t *impl, char *dst, char *src,
@@ -165,3 +147,9 @@ test_main (void)
 }
 
 #include <support/test-driver.c>
+
+#define libc_hidden_builtin_def(X)
+#undef MEMMOVE
+#define MEMMOVE generic_memmove
+#include <string/memmove.c>
+#include <string/wordcopy.c>
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-memset-large.c b/benchtests/bench-memset-large.c
index d99f0a24aab3730274dcf22c1e37706bfc4d0b0d..97ba30f122bdf51e7b9395b5539684a210ca8d5f 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-memset-large.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-memset-large.c
@@ -17,38 +17,20 @@
    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
 #define TEST_MAIN
-#ifndef WIDE
-# define TEST_NAME "memset"
-#else
-# define TEST_NAME "wmemset"
-#endif /* WIDE */
+#define TEST_NAME "memset"
 #define START_SIZE (128 * 1024)
 #define MIN_PAGE_SIZE (getpagesize () + 64 * 1024 * 1024)
 #define TIMEOUT (20 * 60)
 #include "bench-string.h"
 
-#ifndef WIDE
-# define SIMPLE_MEMSET simple_memset
-#else
-# define SIMPLE_MEMSET simple_wmemset
-#endif /* WIDE */
-
 #include <assert.h>
 #include "json-lib.h"
 
-IMPL (MEMSET, 1)
-
-typedef CHAR *(*proto_t) (CHAR *, int, size_t);
+void *generic_memset (void *, int, size_t);
+typedef void *(*proto_t) (void *, int, size_t);
 
-CHAR *
-inhibit_loop_to_libcall
-SIMPLE_MEMSET (CHAR *s, int c, size_t n)
-{
-  CHAR *r = s, *end = s + n;
-  while (r < end)
-    *r++ = c;
-  return s;
-}
+IMPL (MEMSET, 1)
+IMPL (generic_memset, 0)
 
 static void
 do_one_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, impl_t *impl, CHAR *s,
@@ -133,3 +115,11 @@ test_main (void)
 }
 
 #include <support/test-driver.c>
+
+#define libc_hidden_builtin_def(X)
+#define libc_hidden_def(X)
+#define libc_hidden_weak(X)
+#define weak_alias(X,Y)
+#undef MEMSET
+#define MEMSET generic_memset
+#include <string/memset.c>
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-memset-walk.c b/benchtests/bench-memset-walk.c
index 930aae34d10603c80a7c40d123fb0376cde56436..2d18c186fc18abca732748dd74a038d9ae659976 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-memset-walk.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-memset-walk.c
@@ -17,39 +17,20 @@
    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
 #define TEST_MAIN
-#ifndef WIDE
-# define TEST_NAME "memset"
-#else
-# define TEST_NAME "wmemset"
-#endif /* WIDE */
+#define TEST_NAME "memset"
 #define START_SIZE 128
 #define MIN_PAGE_SIZE (getpagesize () + 32 * 1024 * 1024)
 #define TIMEOUT (20 * 60)
 #include "bench-string.h"
 
-#ifndef WIDE
-# define SIMPLE_MEMSET simple_memset
-#else
-# define SIMPLE_MEMSET simple_wmemset
-#endif /* WIDE */
-
 #include <assert.h>
 #include "json-lib.h"
 
+void *generic_memset (void *, int, size_t);
+typedef void *(*proto_t) (void *, int, size_t);
 
-typedef CHAR *(*proto_t) (CHAR *, int, size_t);
-
-CHAR *
-inhibit_loop_to_libcall
-SIMPLE_MEMSET (CHAR *s, int c, size_t n)
-{
-  CHAR *r = s, *end = s + n;
-  while (r < end)
-    *r++ = c;
-  return s;
-}
-
-IMPL (SIMPLE_MEMSET, 1)
+IMPL (MEMSET, 1)
+IMPL (generic_memset, 0)
 
 static void
 do_one_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, impl_t *impl, CHAR *s, CHAR *s_end,
@@ -132,3 +113,11 @@ test_main (void)
 }
 
 #include <support/test-driver.c>
+
+#define libc_hidden_builtin_def(X)
+#define libc_hidden_def(X)
+#define libc_hidden_weak(X)
+#define weak_alias(X,Y)
+#undef MEMSET
+#define MEMSET generic_memset
+#include <string/memset.c>
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-memset.c b/benchtests/bench-memset.c
index 0df55d126352d0db20681944e73241fef4483a80..69e8d36e966655c65b5cd70f5a54998feceb1cc6 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-memset.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-memset.c
@@ -21,28 +21,23 @@
 # define TEST_NAME "memset"
 #else
 # define TEST_NAME "wmemset"
+# define generic_memset generic_wmemset
 #endif /* WIDE */
 #define MIN_PAGE_SIZE 131072
 #include "bench-string.h"
 
 #include "json-lib.h"
 
-CHAR *SIMPLE_MEMSET (CHAR *, int, size_t);
+#ifdef WIDE
+CHAR *generic_wmemset (CHAR *, CHAR, size_t);
+#else
+void *generic_memset (void *, int, size_t);
+#endif
 
-typedef CHAR *(*proto_t) (CHAR *, int, size_t);
+typedef void *(*proto_t) (void *, int, size_t);
 
 IMPL (MEMSET, 1)
-IMPL (SIMPLE_MEMSET, 0)
-
-CHAR *
-inhibit_loop_to_libcall
-SIMPLE_MEMSET (CHAR *s, int c, size_t n)
-{
-  CHAR *r = s, *end = s + n;
-  while (r < end)
-    *r++ = c;
-  return s;
-}
+IMPL (generic_memset, 0)
 
 static void
 do_one_test (json_ctx_t *json_ctx, impl_t *impl, CHAR *s,
@@ -146,3 +141,16 @@ test_main (void)
 }
 
 #include <support/test-driver.c>
+
+#define libc_hidden_builtin_def(X)
+#define libc_hidden_def(X)
+#define libc_hidden_weak(X)
+#define weak_alias(X,Y)
+#ifndef WIDE
+# undef MEMSET
+# define MEMSET generic_memset
+# include <string/memset.c>
+#else
+# define WMEMSET generic_wmemset
+# include <wcsmbs/wmemset.c>
+#endif
diff --git a/string/memcpy.c b/string/memcpy.c
index a1c4c72d67c5be2b52860cbaae93be3b191d1c1d..2315b6fecb7f35c9539bd24cc8b20f21b5e541b1 100644
--- a/string/memcpy.c
+++ b/string/memcpy.c
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <memcopy.h>
 
-#undef memcpy
+#ifndef MEMCPY
+# define MEMCPY memcpy
+#endif
 
 void *
-memcpy (void *dstpp, const void *srcpp, size_t len)
+MEMCPY (void *dstpp, const void *srcpp, size_t len)
 {
   unsigned long int dstp = (long int) dstpp;
   unsigned long int srcp = (long int) srcpp;
@@ -57,4 +59,4 @@ memcpy (void *dstpp, const void *srcpp, size_t len)
 
   return dstpp;
 }
-libc_hidden_builtin_def (memcpy)
+libc_hidden_builtin_def (MEMCPY)
diff --git a/string/memset.c b/string/memset.c
index 4ac8cb6426777ac8d46928846e5ca63eef677aae..950445c51cd9f5d04b3b65ce1251015a08b09336 100644
--- a/string/memset.c
+++ b/string/memset.c
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <memcopy.h>
 
-#undef memset
+#ifndef MEMSET
+# define MEMSET memset
+#endif
 
 void *
 inhibit_loop_to_libcall
-memset (void *dstpp, int c, size_t len)
+MEMSET (void *dstpp, int c, size_t len)
 {
   long int dstp = (long int) dstpp;
 
@@ -85,4 +87,4 @@ memset (void *dstpp, int c, size_t len)
 
   return dstpp;
 }
-libc_hidden_builtin_def (memset)
+libc_hidden_builtin_def (MEMSET)
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/memcopy.h b/sysdeps/x86_64/memcopy.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 590b6cb16b8f4067ab9cacb66f9e926e8b6c055e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/memcopy.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/* X86-64 doesn't use memory copy functions.  */
