diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/sysdep.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/sysdep.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 6efbb5aff6..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/sysdep.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/* Static library error handling code fragment for Nios II.
- Copyright (C) 2015-2020 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
- . */
-
-#include
-
-/* The following code is only used in the static library. In the shared
- library, the error handling code is at the end of each function. */
-
-#ifndef PIC
-
-/* In the static library, the syscall stubs jump here when they detect
- an error. */
-
-# undef CALL_MCOUNT
-# define CALL_MCOUNT /* Don't insert the profiling call, it clobbers r2. */
-
-# if IS_IN (libc)
-# define SYSCALL_ERROR_ERRNO __libc_errno
-# else
-# define SYSCALL_ERROR_ERRNO errno
-# endif
- .text
-ENTRY (__syscall_error)
- nextpc r3
-1:
- movhi r8, %hiadj(_gp_got - 1b)
- addi r8, r8, %lo(_gp_got - 1b)
- add r3, r3, r8
- ldw r3, %tls_ie(SYSCALL_ERROR_ERRNO)(r3)
- add r3, r23, r3
- stw r2, 0(r3)
- movi r2, -1
- ret
-END (__syscall_error)
-#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/sysdep.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/sysdep.h
index 520c9460a2..882762785b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/sysdep.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/sysdep.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
#ifndef _LINUX_NIOS2_SYSDEP_H
#define _LINUX_NIOS2_SYSDEP_H 1
+#define SYSCALL_ERROR_FUNC
+
#include
#include
#include