diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 05963ac3dc..4943748c4a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-12-01  Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
+
+	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strrchr-ppc64.c (weak_alias):
+	Remove redirection to __strrchr_ppc.
+
 2016-12-01  Rajalakshmi Srinivasaraghavan  <raji@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strrchr-ppc64.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strrchr-ppc64.c
index 151bd35ea6..937c5eadf2 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strrchr-ppc64.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strrchr-ppc64.c
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #define STRRCHR __strrchr_ppc
+
 #undef weak_alias
-#define weak_alias(name, aliasname) \
-  extern __typeof (__strrchr_ppc) aliasname \
-    __attribute__ ((weak, alias ("__strrchr_ppc")));
+#define weak_alias(name, aliasname)
+
 #if IS_IN (libc) && defined(SHARED)
 # undef libc_hidden_builtin_def
 # define libc_hidden_builtin_def(name) \