diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 7fc76133b3e..5caddd4f7be 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -679,8 +679,6 @@ static inline void pmd_clear(pmd_t *pmd)
 
 static inline void pte_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
-	if (mm->context.has_pgste)
-		ptep_rcp_copy(ptep);
 	pte_val(*ptep) = _PAGE_TYPE_EMPTY;
 	if (mm->context.noexec)
 		pte_val(ptep[PTRS_PER_PTE]) = _PAGE_TYPE_EMPTY;