diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
index abc9d2e..d6de5a5 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ sysdep_routines += memcpy-power7 memcpy-a2 memcpy-power6 memcpy-cell \
 		   wordcopy-power7 wordcopy-power6 wordcopy-ppc64 \
 		   strcpy-power7 strcpy-ppc64 stpcpy-power7 stpcpy-ppc64 \
 		   strrchr-power7 strrchr-ppc64 strncat-power7 strncat-ppc64 \
-		   strspn-power7 strspn-ppc64 strcspn-power7 strcspn-ppc64 \
+		   strcspn-power7 strcspn-ppc64 \
 		   strpbrk-power7 strpbrk-ppc64 strncpy-power7 strncpy-ppc64 \
 		   stpncpy-power7 stpncpy-ppc64 strcmp-power7 strcmp-ppc64 \
 		   strcat-power7 strcat-ppc64 memmove-power7 memmove-ppc64 \
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
index 06d5be9..4a9e523 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
@@ -272,14 +272,6 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strncat, 1,
 			      __strncat_ppc))
 
-  /* Support sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn.c.  */
-  IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, strspn,
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strspn,
-			      hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX,
-			      __strspn_power7)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strspn, 1,
-			      __strspn_ppc))
-
   /* Support sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcspn.c.  */
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, strcspn,
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strcspn,
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn-power7.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn-power7.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 889dfee..0000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn-power7.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/* Optimized strspn implementation for POWER7.
-   Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <sysdep.h>
-
-#undef EALIGN
-#define EALIGN(name, alignt, words)				\
-  .section ".text";						\
-  ENTRY_2(__strspn_power7)					\
-  .align ALIGNARG(alignt);					\
-  EALIGN_W_##words;						\
-  BODY_LABEL(__strspn_power7):					\
-  cfi_startproc;						\
-  LOCALENTRY(__strspn_power7)
-
-#undef END
-#define END(name)						\
-  cfi_endproc;							\
-  TRACEBACK(__strspn_power7)					\
-  END_2(__strspn_power7)
-
-#undef libc_hidden_builtin_def
-#define libc_hidden_builtin_def(name)
-
-#include <sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strspn.S>
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn-ppc64.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn-ppc64.c
deleted file mode 100644
index b35af3e..0000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn-ppc64.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <string.h>
-
-#define STRSPN __strspn_ppc
-#undef weak_alias
-#define weak_alias(name, aliasname) \
-  extern __typeof (__strspn_ppc) aliasname \
-    __attribute__ ((weak, alias ("__strspn_ppc")));
-#if IS_IN (libc) && defined(SHARED)
-# undef libc_hidden_builtin_def
-# define libc_hidden_builtin_def(name) \
-  __hidden_ver1(__strspn_ppc, __GI_strspn, __strspn_ppc);
-#endif
-
-extern __typeof (strspn) __strspn_ppc attribute_hidden;
-
-#include <string/strspn.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn.c
deleted file mode 100644
index dd9ec18..0000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/* Multiple versions of strspn. PowerPC64 version.
-   Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#if IS_IN (libc)
-# include <string.h>
-# include <shlib-compat.h>
-# include "init-arch.h"
-
-extern __typeof (strspn) __strspn_ppc attribute_hidden;
-extern __typeof (strspn) __strspn_power7 attribute_hidden;
-
-libc_ifunc (strspn,
-            (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX)
-            ? __strspn_power7
-            : __strspn_ppc);
-#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strspn.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strspn.S
deleted file mode 100644
index d587a67..0000000
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strspn.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,165 +0,0 @@
-/* Optimized strspn implementation for PowerPC64/POWER7.
-
-   Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-/* size_t [r3] strspn (const char *string [r3],
-                       const char *needleAccept [r4]  */
-
-/* Performance gains are grabbed through following techniques:
-
-   > hashing of needle.
-   > hashing avoids scanning of duplicate entries in needle
-     across the string.
-   > initializing the hash table with Vector instructions
-     by quadword access.
-   > unrolling when scanning for character in string
-     across hash table.  */
-
-/* Algorithm is as below:
-   1. A empty hash table/dictionary is created comprising of
-      256 ascii character set
-   2. When hash entry is found in needle , the hash index
-      is initialized to 1
-   3. The string is scanned until end and for every character,
-      its corresponding hash index is compared.
-   4. initial length of string (count) until first hit of
-      accept needle to be found is set to 0
-   4. If hash index is set to 1 for the index of string,
-      count is returned.
-   5. Otherwise count is incremented and scanning continues
-      until end of string.  */
-
-#include <sysdep.h>
-
-#undef strspn
-
-	.machine  power7
-EALIGN(strspn, 4, 0)
-	CALL_MCOUNT 2
-
-	lbz r10, 0(r4)		/* load r10 with needle (r4)  */
-	addi r9, r1, -256	/* r9 is a hash of 256 bytes  */
-
-	li r5, 16		/* set r5 = 16 as offset  */
-	li r6, 32		/* set r6 = 32 as offset  */
-	li r8, 48		/* set r8 = 48 as offset  */
-
-/*Iniatliaze hash table with Zeroes in double indexed quadword accesses  */
-	xxlxor v0, v0, v0	/* prepare for initializing hash  */
-
-	stxvd2x v0, r0, r9	/* initialize 1st quadword  */
-	stxvd2x v0, r9, r5
-	stxvd2x v0, r9, r6
-	stxvd2x v0, r9, r8	/* initialize 4th quadword  */
-
-	addi r11, r9, 64	/* r11 is index to hash  */
-
-	stxvd2x v0, r0, r11	/* initialize 5th quadword  */
-	stxvd2x v0, r11, r5
-	stxvd2x v0, r11, r6
-	stxvd2x v0, r11, r8	/* initialize 8th quadword  */
-
-	addi r11, r9, 128	/* r11 is index to hash  */
-
-	stxvd2x v0, r0, r11	/* initialize 9th quadword  */
-	stxvd2x v0, r11, r5
-	stxvd2x v0, r11, r6
-	stxvd2x v0, r11, r8	/* initialize 12th quadword  */
-
-	addi r11, r9, 192	/* r11 is index to hash  */
-
-	stxvd2x v0, r0, r11	/* initialize 13th quadword  */
-	stxvd2x v0, r11, r5
-	stxvd2x v0, r11, r6
-	stxvd2x v0, r11, r8	/* initialize 16th quadword  */
-
-	li r8, 1		/* r8=1, marker into hash if found in
-				   needle  */
-
-	cmpdi cr7, r10, 0	/* accept needle is NULL  */
-	beq cr7, L(skipHashing)	/* if needle is NULL, skip hashing  */
-
-	.p2align 4		/* align section to 16 byte boundary  */
-L(hashing):
-	stbx r8, r9, r10	/* update hash with marker for the pivot of
-				   the needle  */
-	lbzu r10, 1(r4)		/* load needle into r10 and update to next  */
-	cmpdi cr7, r10, 0	/* if needle is has reached NULL, continue  */
-	bne cr7, L(hashing)	/* loop to hash the needle  */
-
-L(skipHashing):
-	li r10, 0		/* load counter = 0  */
-	b L(beginScan)
-
-	.p2align 4		/* align section to 16 byte boundary  */
-L(scanUnroll):
-	lbzx r8, r9, r8		/* load r8 with hash value at index  */
-	cmpwi cr7, r8, 0	/* if we hit marker in hash, we have found
-				   accept needle  */
-	beq cr7, L(ret1stIndex)	/* we have hit accept needle, return the
-				   count  */
-
-	lbz r8, 1(r3)		/* load string[1] into r8  */
-	addi r10, r10, 4	/* increment counter  */
-	lbzx r8, r9, r8		/* load r8 with hash value at index  */
-	cmpwi cr7, r8, 0	/* if we hit marker in hash, we have found
-				   accept needle  */
-	beq cr7, L(ret2ndIndex)	/* we have hit accept needle, return the
-				   count  */
-
-	lbz r8, 2(r3)		/* load string[2] into r8  */
-	lbzx r8, r9, r8		/* load r8 with hash value at index  */
-	cmpwi cr7, r8, 0	/* if we hit marker in hash, we have found
-				   accept needle  */
-	beq cr7, L(ret3rdIndex)	/* we have hit accept needle, return the
-				   count  */
-
-	lbz r8, 3(r3)		/* load string[3] into r8  */
-	lbzx r8, r9, r8		/* load r8 with hash value at index  */
-	addi r3, r3, 4		/* unroll factor , increment string by 4  */
-	cmpwi cr7, r8, 0	/* if we hit marker in hash, we have found
-				   accept needle  */
-	beq cr7,L(ret4thIndex)	/* we have hit accept needle, return the
-				   count  */
-
-L(beginScan):
-	lbz r8, 0(r3)		/* load string[0] into r8  */
-	addi r6, r10, 1		/* place holder for counter + 1  */
-	addi r5, r10, 2		/* place holder for counter + 2  */
-	addi r4, r10, 3		/* place holder for counter + 3  */
-	cmpdi cr7, r8, 0	/* if we hit marker in hash, we have found
-				   accept needle  */
-	bne cr7, L(scanUnroll)	/* continue scanning  */
-
-L(ret1stIndex):
-	mr r3, r10		/* update r3 for return  */
-	blr			/* return  */
-
-L(ret2ndIndex):
-	mr r3, r6		/* update r3 for return  */
-	blr			/* return  */
-
-L(ret3rdIndex):
-	mr r3, r5		/* update r3 for return  */
-	blr			/* return  */
-
-L(ret4thIndex):
-	mr r3, r4		/* update r3 for return  */
-	blr			/* done  */
-END(strspn)
-libc_hidden_builtin_def (strspn)
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/strspn.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/strspn.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a038e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/strspn.S
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/* Optimized strspn implementation for PowerPC64/POWER7.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* size_t [r3] strspn (const char *string [r3],
+                       const char *needleAccept [r4]  */
+
+/* Performance gains are grabbed through following techniques:
+
+   > hashing of needle.
+   > hashing avoids scanning of duplicate entries in needle
+     across the string.
+   > initializing the hash table with Vector instructions
+     by quadword access.
+   > unrolling when scanning for character in string
+     across hash table.  */
+
+/* Algorithm is as below:
+   1. A empty hash table/dictionary is created comprising of
+      256 ascii character set
+   2. When hash entry is found in needle , the hash index
+      is initialized to 1
+   3. The string is scanned until end and for every character,
+      its corresponding hash index is compared.
+   4. initial length of string (count) until first hit of
+      accept needle to be found is set to 0
+   4. If hash index is set to 1 for the index of string,
+      count is returned.
+   5. Otherwise count is incremented and scanning continues
+      until end of string.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+	.machine  power7
+EALIGN(strspn, 4, 0)
+	CALL_MCOUNT 3
+
+	/* PPC64 ELF ABI stack is aligned to 16 bytes.  */
+	addi 	r9,r1,-256
+	/* Clear the table with 0 values  */
+	li	r6, 0
+	li	r8, 4
+	mtctr	r8
+	mr	r10, r9
+	.align 	4
+L(zerohash):
+	std	r6, 0(r10)
+	std	r6, 8(r10)
+	std	r6, 16(r10)
+	std	r6, 24(r10)
+	std	r6, 32(r10)
+	std	r6, 40(r10)
+	std	r6, 48(r10)
+	std	r6, 56(r10)
+	addi	r10, r10, 64
+	bdnz	L(zerohash)
+
+	lbz	r10,0(r4)
+	li r8, 1		/* r8=1, marker into hash if found in
+				   needle  */
+	cmpdi cr7, r10, 0	/* accept needle is NULL  */
+	beq cr7, L(skipHashing)	/* if needle is NULL, skip hashing  */
+
+	.align 4		/* align section to 16 byte boundary  */
+L(hashing):
+	stbx r8, r9, r10	/* update hash with marker for the pivot of
+				   the needle  */
+	lbzu r10, 1(r4)		/* load needle into r10 and update to next  */
+	cmpdi cr7, r10, 0	/* if needle is has reached NULL, continue  */
+	bne cr7, L(hashing)	/* loop to hash the needle  */
+
+L(skipHashing):
+	li r10, 0		/* load counter = 0  */
+	b L(beginScan)
+
+	.align 4		/* align section to 16 byte boundary  */
+L(scanUnroll):
+	lbzx r8, r9, r8		/* load r8 with hash value at index  */
+	cmpwi cr7, r8, 0	/* if we hit marker in hash, we have found
+				   accept needle  */
+	beq cr7, L(ret1stIndex)	/* we have hit accept needle, return the
+				   count  */
+
+	lbz r8, 1(r3)		/* load string[1] into r8  */
+	addi r10, r10, 4	/* increment counter  */
+	lbzx r8, r9, r8		/* load r8 with hash value at index  */
+	cmpwi cr7, r8, 0	/* if we hit marker in hash, we have found
+				   accept needle  */
+	beq cr7, L(ret2ndIndex)	/* we have hit accept needle, return the
+				   count  */
+
+	lbz r8, 2(r3)		/* load string[2] into r8  */
+	lbzx r8, r9, r8		/* load r8 with hash value at index  */
+	cmpwi cr7, r8, 0	/* if we hit marker in hash, we have found
+				   accept needle  */
+	beq cr7, L(ret3rdIndex)	/* we have hit accept needle, return the
+				   count  */
+
+	lbz r8, 3(r3)		/* load string[3] into r8  */
+	lbzx r8, r9, r8		/* load r8 with hash value at index  */
+	addi r3, r3, 4		/* unroll factor , increment string by 4  */
+	cmpwi cr7, r8, 0	/* if we hit marker in hash, we have found
+				   accept needle  */
+	beq cr7,L(ret4thIndex)	/* we have hit accept needle, return the
+				   count  */
+
+L(beginScan):
+	lbz r8, 0(r3)		/* load string[0] into r8  */
+	addi r6, r10, 1		/* place holder for counter + 1  */
+	addi r5, r10, 2		/* place holder for counter + 2  */
+	addi r4, r10, 3		/* place holder for counter + 3  */
+	cmpdi cr7, r8, 0	/* if we hit marker in hash, we have found
+				   accept needle  */
+	bne cr7, L(scanUnroll)	/* continue scanning  */
+
+L(ret1stIndex):
+	mr r3, r10		/* update r3 for return  */
+	blr			/* return  */
+
+L(ret2ndIndex):
+	mr r3, r6		/* update r3 for return  */
+	blr			/* return  */
+
+L(ret3rdIndex):
+	mr r3, r5		/* update r3 for return  */
+	blr			/* return  */
+
+L(ret4thIndex):
+	mr r3, r4		/* update r3 for return  */
+	blr			/* done  */
+END(strspn)
+libc_hidden_builtin_def (strspn)
