diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/compat.h
index dfcf75b..f90edc8 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
  */
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
-#define COMPAT_USER_HZ	100
+#define COMPAT_USER_HZ		100
+#define COMPAT_UTS_MACHINE	"i686\0\0\0"
 
 typedef u32		compat_size_t;
 typedef s32		compat_ssize_t;
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/compat.h
index f58aed3..613f691 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 
-#define COMPAT_USER_HZ	100
+#define COMPAT_USER_HZ		100
+#define COMPAT_UTS_MACHINE	"mips\0\0\0"
 
 typedef u32		compat_size_t;
 typedef s32		compat_ssize_t;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
index bde79ef..a39d059 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
@@ -249,22 +249,6 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE1(32_newuname, struct new_utsname __user *, name)
-{
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	down_read(&uts_sem);
-	if (copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof *name))
-		ret = -EFAULT;
-	up_read(&uts_sem);
-
-	if (current->personality == PER_LINUX32 && !ret)
-		if (copy_to_user(name->machine, "mips\0\0\0", 8))
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(32_personality, unsigned long, personality)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
index 66b5a48..44337ba 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 	PTR	sys_exit
 	PTR	compat_sys_wait4
 	PTR	sys_kill			/* 6060 */
-	PTR	sys_32_newuname
+	PTR	sys_newuname
 	PTR	sys_semget
 	PTR	sys_semop
 	PTR	sys_n32_semctl
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
index 515f9ea..813689e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
 	PTR	sys32_sigreturn
 	PTR	sys32_clone			/* 4120 */
 	PTR	sys_setdomainname
-	PTR	sys_32_newuname
+	PTR	sys_newuname
 	PTR	sys_ni_syscall			/* sys_modify_ldt */
 	PTR	compat_sys_adjtimex
 	PTR	sys_mprotect			/* 4125 */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/compat.h
index 7f32611..02b77ba 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/thread_info.h>
 
-#define COMPAT_USER_HZ 100
+#define COMPAT_USER_HZ 		100
+#define COMPAT_UTS_MACHINE	"parisc\0\0"
 
 typedef u32	compat_size_t;
 typedef s32	compat_ssize_t;
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c
index 9147391..c9b9322 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c
@@ -234,18 +234,3 @@
 
 	return err;
 }
-
-long parisc_newuname(struct new_utsname __user *name)
-{
-	int err = sys_newuname(name);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-	if (!err && personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32) {
-		if (__put_user(0, name->machine + 6) ||
-		    __put_user(0, name->machine + 7))
-			err = -EFAULT;
-	}
-#endif
-
-	return err;
-}
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
index de5f6da..3d52c97 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 	ENTRY_SAME(socketpair)
 	ENTRY_SAME(setpgid)
 	ENTRY_SAME(send)
-	ENTRY_OURS(newuname)
+	ENTRY_SAME(newuname)
 	ENTRY_SAME(umask)		/* 60 */
 	ENTRY_SAME(chroot)
 	ENTRY_COMP(ustat)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/compat.h
index 4774c2f..396d21a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 
-#define COMPAT_USER_HZ	100
+#define COMPAT_USER_HZ		100
+#define COMPAT_UTS_MACHINE	"ppc\0\0"
 
 typedef u32		compat_size_t;
 typedef s32		compat_ssize_t;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscalls.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscalls.h
index 23bb74e..4084e56 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscalls.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscalls.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <asm/signal.h>
 
-struct new_utsname;
 struct pt_regs;
 struct rtas_args;
 struct sigaction;
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@
 asmlinkage long ppc64_personality(unsigned long personality);
 asmlinkage int ppc_rtas(struct rtas_args __user *uargs);
 asmlinkage time_t sys64_time(time_t __user * tloc);
-asmlinkage long ppc_newuname(struct new_utsname __user * name);
 
 asmlinkage long sys_rt_sigsuspend(sigset_t __user *unewset,
 		size_t sigsetsize);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
index 07d2d19..a5ee345 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 SYS32ONLY(sigreturn)
 PPC_SYS(clone)
 COMPAT_SYS_SPU(setdomainname)
-PPC_SYS_SPU(newuname)
+SYSCALL_SPU(newuname)
 SYSCALL(ni_syscall)
 COMPAT_SYS_SPU(adjtimex)
 SYSCALL_SPU(mprotect)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
index 5251221..69d3c5d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
@@ -132,19 +132,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-long ppc_newuname(struct new_utsname __user * name)
-{
-	int err = 0;
-
-	down_read(&uts_sem);
-	if (copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof(*name)))
-		err = -EFAULT;
-	up_read(&uts_sem);
-	if (!err)
-		err = override_machine(name->machine);
-	return err;
-}
-
 int sys_uname(struct old_utsname __user *name)
 {
 	int err = 0;
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h
index 01a0802..104f200 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 
 extern long psw32_user_bits;
 
-#define COMPAT_USER_HZ	100
+#define COMPAT_USER_HZ		100
+#define COMPAT_UTS_MACHINE	"s390\0\0\0\0"
 
 typedef u32		compat_size_t;
 typedef s32		compat_ssize_t;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
index 30de2d0..672ce52 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
 	.globl	sys32_newuname_wrapper
 sys32_newuname_wrapper:
 	llgtr	%r2,%r2			# struct new_utsname *
-	jg	sys_s390_newuname	# branch to system call
+	jg	sys_newuname		# branch to system call
 
 	.globl	compat_sys_adjtimex_wrapper
 compat_sys_adjtimex_wrapper:
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.h b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.h
index 15fd68b..eb15c12 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 void __init startup_init(void);
 void die(const char * str, struct pt_regs * regs, long err);
 
-struct new_utsname;
 struct s390_mmap_arg_struct;
 struct fadvise64_64_args;
 struct old_sigaction;
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@
 long sys_mmap2(struct s390_mmap_arg_struct __user  *arg);
 long sys_s390_ipc(uint call, int first, unsigned long second,
 	     unsigned long third, void __user *ptr);
-long sys_s390_newuname(struct new_utsname __user *name);
 long sys_s390_personality(unsigned long personality);
 long sys_s390_fadvise64(int fd, u32 offset_high, u32 offset_low,
 		    size_t len, int advice);
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c b/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c
index b8b7809..7b6b0f8 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c
@@ -131,17 +131,6 @@
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-SYSCALL_DEFINE1(s390_newuname, struct new_utsname __user *, name)
-{
-	int ret = sys_newuname(name);
-
-	if (personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32 && !ret) {
-		ret = copy_to_user(name->machine, "s390\0\0\0\0", 8);
-		if (ret) ret = -EFAULT;
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(s390_personality, unsigned long, personality)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
index 990ac8b..201ce6b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 SYSCALL(sys_sigreturn,sys_sigreturn,sys32_sigreturn)
 SYSCALL(sys_clone,sys_clone,sys_clone_wrapper)			/* 120 */
 SYSCALL(sys_setdomainname,sys_setdomainname,sys32_setdomainname_wrapper)
-SYSCALL(sys_newuname,sys_s390_newuname,sys32_newuname_wrapper)
+SYSCALL(sys_newuname,sys_newuname,sys32_newuname_wrapper)
 NI_SYSCALL							/* modify_ldt for i386 */
 SYSCALL(sys_adjtimex,sys_adjtimex,compat_sys_adjtimex_wrapper)
 SYSCALL(sys_mprotect,sys_mprotect,sys32_mprotect_wrapper)	/* 125 */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/compat.h
index 0e70625..5016f76 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
  */
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
-#define COMPAT_USER_HZ	100
+#define COMPAT_USER_HZ		100
+#define COMPAT_UTS_MACHINE	"sparc\0\0"
 
 typedef u32		compat_size_t;
 typedef s32		compat_ssize_t;
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
index 45410e9..3d435c4 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
@@ -510,17 +510,6 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sparc64_newuname, struct new_utsname __user *, name)
-{
-	int ret = sys_newuname(name);
-	
-	if (current->personality == PER_LINUX32 && !ret) {
-		ret = (copy_to_user(name->machine, "sparc\0\0", 8)
-		       ? -EFAULT : 0);
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sparc64_personality, unsigned long, personality)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls.h b/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls.h
index 2c331c3..118759c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls.h
@@ -6,15 +6,12 @@
 #include <asm/utrap.h>
 #include <asm/signal.h>
 
-struct new_utsname;
-
 extern asmlinkage unsigned long sys_getpagesize(void);
 extern asmlinkage long sparc_pipe(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern asmlinkage long sys_sparc_ipc(unsigned int call, int first,
 			       unsigned long second,
 			       unsigned long third,
 			       void __user *ptr, long fifth);
-extern asmlinkage long sparc64_newuname(struct new_utsname __user *name);
 extern asmlinkage long sparc64_personality(unsigned long personality);
 extern asmlinkage long sys64_munmap(unsigned long addr, size_t len);
 extern asmlinkage unsigned long sys64_mremap(unsigned long addr,
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_64.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_64.S
index 30ca2b1..9db058d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_64.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_64.S
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 /*170*/	.word sys32_lsetxattr, sys32_fsetxattr, sys_getxattr, sys_lgetxattr, compat_sys_getdents
 	.word sys_setsid, sys_fchdir, sys32_fgetxattr, sys_listxattr, sys_llistxattr
 /*180*/	.word sys32_flistxattr, sys_removexattr, sys_lremovexattr, compat_sys_sigpending, sys_ni_syscall
-	.word sys32_setpgid, sys32_fremovexattr, sys32_tkill, sys32_exit_group, sys_sparc64_newuname
+	.word sys32_setpgid, sys32_fremovexattr, sys32_tkill, sys32_exit_group, sys_newuname
 /*190*/	.word sys32_init_module, sys_sparc64_personality, sys_remap_file_pages, sys32_epoll_create, sys32_epoll_ctl
 	.word sys32_epoll_wait, sys32_ioprio_set, sys_getppid, sys32_sigaction, sys_sgetmask
 /*200*/	.word sys32_ssetmask, sys_sigsuspend, compat_sys_newlstat, sys_uselib, compat_sys_old_readdir
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 /*170*/	.word sys_lsetxattr, sys_fsetxattr, sys_getxattr, sys_lgetxattr, sys_getdents
 	.word sys_setsid, sys_fchdir, sys_fgetxattr, sys_listxattr, sys_llistxattr
 /*180*/	.word sys_flistxattr, sys_removexattr, sys_lremovexattr, sys_nis_syscall, sys_ni_syscall
-	.word sys_setpgid, sys_fremovexattr, sys_tkill, sys_exit_group, sys_sparc64_newuname
+	.word sys_setpgid, sys_fremovexattr, sys_tkill, sys_exit_group, sys_newuname
 /*190*/	.word sys_init_module, sys_sparc64_personality, sys_remap_file_pages, sys_epoll_create, sys_epoll_ctl
 	.word sys_epoll_wait, sys_ioprio_set, sys_getppid, sys_nis_syscall, sys_sgetmask
 /*200*/	.word sys_ssetmask, sys_nis_syscall, sys_newlstat, sys_uselib, sys_nis_syscall
diff --git a/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscall_table.c b/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscall_table.c
index dd21d69..47d469e 100644
--- a/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscall_table.c
+++ b/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscall_table.c
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
 
 /* On UML we call it this way ("old" means it's not mmap2) */
 #define sys_mmap old_mmap
-/*
- * On x86-64 sys_uname is actually sys_newuname plus a compatibility trick.
- * See arch/x86_64/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
- */
-#define sys_uname sys_uname64
 
 #define stub_clone sys_clone
 #define stub_fork sys_fork
diff --git a/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscalls.c b/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscalls.c
index f1199fd..f3d82bb 100644
--- a/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscalls.c
@@ -12,20 +12,6 @@
 #include "asm/uaccess.h"
 #include "os.h"
 
-asmlinkage long sys_uname64(struct new_utsname __user * name)
-{
-	int err;
-
-	down_read(&uts_sem);
-	err = copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof (*name));
-	up_read(&uts_sem);
-
-	if (personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32)
-		err |= copy_to_user(&name->machine, "i686", 5);
-
-	return err ? -EFAULT : 0;
-}
-
 long arch_prctl(struct task_struct *task, int code, unsigned long __user *addr)
 {
 	unsigned long *ptr = addr, tmp;
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
index 9a9c7bd..306160e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <asm/user32.h>
 
-#define COMPAT_USER_HZ	100
+#define COMPAT_USER_HZ		100
+#define COMPAT_UTS_MACHINE	"i686\0\0"
 
 typedef u32		compat_size_t;
 typedef s32		compat_ssize_t;
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
index 50f6a56..47cd606 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
@@ -68,11 +68,8 @@
 long sys_arch_prctl(int, unsigned long);
 
 /* kernel/sys_x86_64.c */
-struct new_utsname;
-
 asmlinkage long sys_mmap(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long,
 			 unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
-asmlinkage long sys_uname(struct new_utsname __user *);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_SYSCALLS_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h
index 4843f7b..83e2d6d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 #define __NR_kill				62
 __SYSCALL(__NR_kill, sys_kill)
 #define __NR_uname				63
-__SYSCALL(__NR_uname, sys_uname)
+__SYSCALL(__NR_uname, sys_newuname)
 
 #define __NR_semget				64
 __SYSCALL(__NR_semget, sys_semget)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
index 8aa2057..ff14a50 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
@@ -209,15 +209,3 @@
 
 	return addr;
 }
-
-
-SYSCALL_DEFINE1(uname, struct new_utsname __user *, name)
-{
-	int err;
-	down_read(&uts_sem);
-	err = copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof(*name));
-	up_read(&uts_sem);
-	if (personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32)
-		err |= copy_to_user(&name->machine, "i686", 5);
-	return err ? -EFAULT : 0;
-}