diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/getsysstats.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/getsysstats.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 098575faef..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/getsysstats.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/* Determine various system internal values, Linux/Alpha version.
-   Copyright (C) 1999-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-   Contributed by Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
-
-   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
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-
-/* On the Alpha we can distinguish between the number of configured and
-   active cpus.  */
-#define GET_NPROCS_CONF_PARSER(FP, BUFFER, RESULT)			   \
-  do									   \
-    {									   \
-      /* Find the line that contains the information about the number of   \
-	 probed cpus.  We don't have to fear extremely long lines since	   \
-	 the kernel will not generate them.  8192 bytes are really enough. \
-	 If there is no "CPUs ..." line then we are on a UP system.  */	   \
-      (RESULT) = 1;							   \
-      while (__fgets_unlocked ((BUFFER), sizeof (BUFFER), (FP)) != NULL)   \
-	if ((sscanf (buffer, "cpus detected : %d", &(RESULT)) == 1)	   \
-	    || (sscanf (buffer, "CPUs probed %d", &(RESULT)) == 1))	   \
-	  break;							   \
-    }									   \
-  while (0)
-
-#include <sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c
index 5069951246..0791399b8f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ weak_alias (__get_nprocs, get_nprocs)
 int
 __get_nprocs_conf (void)
 {
-  int result = 1;
-
   /* Try to use the sysfs filesystem.  It has actual information about
      online processors.  */
   int fd = __open64_nocancel ("/sys/devices/system/cpu/possible", O_RDONLY);
   if (fd != -1)
     {
+      int result = 0;
+
       /* The entry is in the form of '[cpuX]-[cpuY]'.  */
       char buf[2 * INT_STRLEN_BOUND (unsigned int) + 1];
 
@@ -97,23 +97,7 @@ __get_nprocs_conf (void)
       return result + 1;
     }
 
-#ifdef GET_NPROCS_CONF_PARSER
-  /* If we haven't found an appropriate entry return 1.  */
-  FILE *fp = fopen ("/proc/cpuinfo", "rce");
-  if (fp != NULL)
-    {
-      char buffer[8192];
-
-      /* No threads use this stream.  */
-      __fsetlocking (fp, FSETLOCKING_BYCALLER);
-      GET_NPROCS_CONF_PARSER (fp, buffer, result);
-      fclose (fp);
-    }
-#else
-  result = __get_nprocs ();
-#endif
-
-  return result;
+  return __get_nprocs ();
 }
 libc_hidden_def (__get_nprocs_conf)
 weak_alias (__get_nprocs_conf, get_nprocs_conf)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/getsysstats.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/getsysstats.c
deleted file mode 100644
index a8adba8321..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/getsysstats.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/* Determine various system internal values, Linux/Sparc version.
-   Copyright (C) 1999-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-   Contributed by Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> and
-		  Jakub Jelinek <jj@ultra.linux.cz>
-
-   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
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-
-/* On the Sparc we can distinguish between the number of configured and
-   active cpus.  */
-#define GET_NPROCS_CONF_PARSER(FP, BUFFER, RESULT)			 \
-  do									 \
-    {									 \
-      (RESULT) = 0;							 \
-      /* Find the line that contains the information about the number of \
-	 probed cpus.  We don't have to fear extremely long lines since	 \
-	 the kernel will not generate them.  8192 bytes are really	 \
-	 enough.  */							 \
-      while (__fgets_unlocked ((BUFFER), sizeof (BUFFER), (FP)) != NULL) \
-	if (sscanf (buffer, "ncpus probed : %d", &(RESULT)) == 1)	 \
-	  break;							 \
-    }									 \
-  while (0)
-
-#include <sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c>
