diff --git a/tcg/s390/tcg-target.h b/tcg/s390/tcg-target.h
index d8a29558bbe4a93ebb97317010d0c2e6a714ccec..d7fe0c71ca7c4c5c075ad6450e45a20c25b81cc4 100644
--- a/tcg/s390/tcg-target.h
+++ b/tcg/s390/tcg-target.h
@@ -94,9 +94,4 @@ enum {
 
 static inline void flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop)
 {
-#if QEMU_GNUC_PREREQ(4, 1)
-    __builtin___clear_cache((char *) start, (char *) stop);
-#else
-#error not implemented
-#endif
 }