diff --git a/nptl/allocatestack.c b/nptl/allocatestack.c
index c0a5c4d96d..1a9ba5a52a 100644
--- a/nptl/allocatestack.c
+++ b/nptl/allocatestack.c
@@ -33,47 +33,6 @@
 #include <kernel-features.h>
 #include <nptl-stack.h>
 
-#ifndef NEED_SEPARATE_REGISTER_STACK
-
-/* Most architectures have exactly one stack pointer.  Some have more.  */
-# define STACK_VARIABLES void *stackaddr = NULL
-
-/* How to pass the values to the 'create_thread' function.  */
-# define STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS stackaddr
-
-/* How to declare function which gets there parameters.  */
-# define STACK_VARIABLES_PARMS void *stackaddr
-
-/* How to declare allocate_stack.  */
-# define ALLOCATE_STACK_PARMS void **stack
-
-/* This is how the function is called.  We do it this way to allow
-   other variants of the function to have more parameters.  */
-# define ALLOCATE_STACK(attr, pd) allocate_stack (attr, pd, &stackaddr)
-
-#else
-
-/* We need two stacks.  The kernel will place them but we have to tell
-   the kernel about the size of the reserved address space.  */
-# define STACK_VARIABLES void *stackaddr = NULL; size_t stacksize = 0
-
-/* How to pass the values to the 'create_thread' function.  */
-# define STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS stackaddr, stacksize
-
-/* How to declare function which gets there parameters.  */
-# define STACK_VARIABLES_PARMS void *stackaddr, size_t stacksize
-
-/* How to declare allocate_stack.  */
-# define ALLOCATE_STACK_PARMS void **stack, size_t *stacksize
-
-/* This is how the function is called.  We do it this way to allow
-   other variants of the function to have more parameters.  */
-# define ALLOCATE_STACK(attr, pd) \
-  allocate_stack (attr, pd, &stackaddr, &stacksize)
-
-#endif
-
-
 /* Default alignment of stack.  */
 #ifndef STACK_ALIGN
 # define STACK_ALIGN __alignof__ (long double)
@@ -249,7 +208,7 @@ advise_stack_range (void *mem, size_t size, uintptr_t pd, size_t guardsize)
    PDP must be non-NULL.  */
 static int
 allocate_stack (const struct pthread_attr *attr, struct pthread **pdp,
-		ALLOCATE_STACK_PARMS)
+		void **stack, size_t *stacksize)
 {
   struct pthread *pd;
   size_t size;
@@ -597,25 +556,17 @@ allocate_stack (const struct pthread_attr *attr, struct pthread **pdp,
   /* We place the thread descriptor at the end of the stack.  */
   *pdp = pd;
 
-#if _STACK_GROWS_DOWN
   void *stacktop;
 
-# if TLS_TCB_AT_TP
+#if TLS_TCB_AT_TP
   /* The stack begins before the TCB and the static TLS block.  */
   stacktop = ((char *) (pd + 1) - __static_tls_size);
-# elif TLS_DTV_AT_TP
+#elif TLS_DTV_AT_TP
   stacktop = (char *) (pd - 1);
-# endif
+#endif
 
-# ifdef NEED_SEPARATE_REGISTER_STACK
+  *stacksize = stacktop - pd->stackblock;
   *stack = pd->stackblock;
-  *stacksize = stacktop - *stack;
-# else
-  *stack = stacktop;
-# endif
-#else
-  *stack = pd->stackblock;
-#endif
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/nptl/createthread.c b/nptl/createthread.c
index 46943b33fe..2ac83111ec 100644
--- a/nptl/createthread.c
+++ b/nptl/createthread.c
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 
 static int
 create_thread (struct pthread *pd, const struct pthread_attr *attr,
-	       bool *stopped_start, STACK_VARIABLES_PARMS, bool *thread_ran)
+	       bool *stopped_start, void *stackaddr, size_t stacksize,
+	       bool *thread_ran)
 {
   /* If the implementation needs to do some tweaks to the thread after
      it has been created at the OS level, it can set STOPPED_START here.  */
diff --git a/nptl/pthread_create.c b/nptl/pthread_create.c
index 770656453d..cacd1285aa 100644
--- a/nptl/pthread_create.c
+++ b/nptl/pthread_create.c
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ static struct rtld_global *__nptl_rtld_global __attribute_used__
    be set to true iff the thread actually started up and then got
    canceled before calling user code (*PD->start_routine).  */
 static int create_thread (struct pthread *pd, const struct pthread_attr *attr,
-			  bool *stopped_start, STACK_VARIABLES_PARMS,
-			  bool *thread_ran);
+			  bool *stopped_start, void *stackaddr,
+			  size_t stacksize, bool *thread_ran);
 
 #include <createthread.c>
 
@@ -457,7 +457,8 @@ int
 __pthread_create_2_1 (pthread_t *newthread, const pthread_attr_t *attr,
 		      void *(*start_routine) (void *), void *arg)
 {
-  STACK_VARIABLES;
+  void *stackaddr = NULL;
+  size_t stacksize = 0;
 
   /* Avoid a data race in the multi-threaded case.  */
   if (__libc_single_threaded)
@@ -477,7 +478,7 @@ __pthread_create_2_1 (pthread_t *newthread, const pthread_attr_t *attr,
     }
 
   struct pthread *pd = NULL;
-  int err = ALLOCATE_STACK (iattr, &pd);
+  int err = allocate_stack (iattr, &pd, &stackaddr, &stacksize);
   int retval = 0;
 
   if (__glibc_unlikely (err != 0))
@@ -622,8 +623,8 @@ __pthread_create_2_1 (pthread_t *newthread, const pthread_attr_t *attr,
 
       /* We always create the thread stopped at startup so we can
 	 notify the debugger.  */
-      retval = create_thread (pd, iattr, &stopped_start,
-			      STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS, &thread_ran);
+      retval = create_thread (pd, iattr, &stopped_start, stackaddr,
+			      stacksize, &thread_ran);
       if (retval == 0)
 	{
 	  /* We retain ownership of PD until (a) (see CONCURRENCY NOTES
@@ -654,8 +655,8 @@ __pthread_create_2_1 (pthread_t *newthread, const pthread_attr_t *attr,
 	}
     }
   else
-    retval = create_thread (pd, iattr, &stopped_start,
-			    STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS, &thread_ran);
+    retval = create_thread (pd, iattr, &stopped_start, stackaddr,
+			    stacksize, &thread_ran);
 
   /* Return to the previous signal mask, after creating the new
      thread.  */
