diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/as/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/as/Makefile
index e4a133f68a9..db76610584e 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/as/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/as/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ SRCS+=	itbl-ops.c itbl-parse.y itbl-lex.l
 
 .if ${TARGET_ARCH} == "amd64"
 SRCS+=	tc-i386.c
-.elif ${TARGET_ARCH} == "powerpc" || ${TARGET_ARCH} == "powerpc64"
+.elif ${TARGET_CPUARCH} == "powerpc"
 SRCS+=	tc-ppc.c
 .elif ${TARGET_ARCH} == "sparc64"
 # change back to tc-sparc.c when new binutils is imported
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/as/powerpc64-freebsd/itbl-cpu.h b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/as/powerpc64-freebsd/itbl-cpu.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b55da9afd1a..00000000000
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/as/powerpc64-freebsd/itbl-cpu.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-/* $FreeBSD$ */
-
-/* Values for processors will be from 0 to NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS-1 */
-#define NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS 1
-
-#include "itbl-ppc.h"
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/as/powerpc64-freebsd/targ-cpu.h b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/as/powerpc64-freebsd/targ-cpu.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 891bd6cabaf..00000000000
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/as/powerpc64-freebsd/targ-cpu.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/* $FreeBSD$ */
-
-#include "tc-ppc.h"
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/Makefile
index 8ace1e24cd2..3bd512c40a8 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/Makefile
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ SELARCH=
 SELARCH= &bfd_i386_arch
 .elif ${TARGET_ARCH} == "sparc64"
 SELARCH= &bfd_sparc_arch
-.elif ${TARGET_ARCH} == "powerpc64"
-SELARCH= &bfd_powerpc_arch,&bfd_rs6000_arch
 .else
 .for _a in ${ARCHS}
 .if ${SELARCH} == ""
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libopcodes/Makefile.powerpc64 b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libopcodes/Makefile.powerpc64
deleted file mode 100644
index cc010ec4a30..00000000000
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libopcodes/Makefile.powerpc64
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# $FreeBSD$
-
-SRCS+=	ppc-dis.c ppc-opc.c
-CFLAGS+= -DARCH_powerpc -DARCH_rs6000