diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/experimental/bits/simd.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/experimental/bits/simd.h
index 477af86fd5e..149396d6f82 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/experimental/bits/simd.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/experimental/bits/simd.h
@@ -2292,12 +2292,6 @@ template <typename _Tp, size_t _Bytes>
 #ifndef __VSX__
     static_assert(!is_same_v<_Tp, double>,
 		  "no __intrinsic_type support for double on PPC w/o VSX");
-#endif
-#ifndef __POWER8_VECTOR__
-    static_assert(
-      !(is_integral_v<_Tp> && sizeof(_Tp) > 4),
-      "no __intrinsic_type support for integers larger than 4 Bytes "
-      "on PPC w/o POWER8 vectors");
 #endif
     using type =
       typename __intrinsic_type_impl<