diff --git a/target/arm/translate-a64.c b/target/arm/translate-a64.c
index 717afd481c..cec672f229 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate-a64.c
+++ b/target/arm/translate-a64.c
@@ -404,8 +404,6 @@ static inline void gen_goto_tb(DisasContext *s, int n, uint64_t dest)
         gen_a64_set_pc_im(dest);
         if (s->ss_active) {
             gen_step_complete_exception(s);
-        } else if (s->base.singlestep_enabled) {
-            gen_exception_internal(EXCP_DEBUG);
         } else {
             tcg_gen_lookup_and_goto_ptr();
             s->base.is_jmp = DISAS_NORETURN;
@@ -14879,7 +14877,7 @@ static void aarch64_tr_tb_stop(DisasContextBase *dcbase, CPUState *cpu)
 {
     DisasContext *dc = container_of(dcbase, DisasContext, base);
 
-    if (unlikely(dc->base.singlestep_enabled || dc->ss_active)) {
+    if (unlikely(dc->ss_active)) {
         /* Note that this means single stepping WFI doesn't halt the CPU.
          * For conditional branch insns this is harmless unreachable code as
          * gen_goto_tb() has already handled emitting the debug exception
@@ -14891,11 +14889,7 @@ static void aarch64_tr_tb_stop(DisasContextBase *dcbase, CPUState *cpu)
             /* fall through */
         case DISAS_EXIT:
         case DISAS_JUMP:
-            if (dc->base.singlestep_enabled) {
-                gen_exception_internal(EXCP_DEBUG);
-            } else {
-                gen_step_complete_exception(dc);
-            }
+            gen_step_complete_exception(dc);
             break;
         case DISAS_NORETURN:
             break;
diff --git a/target/arm/translate.c b/target/arm/translate.c
index f7086c66a5..d6af5b1b03 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate.c
+++ b/target/arm/translate.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static void gen_exception_internal(int excp)
     tcg_temp_free_i32(tcg_excp);
 }
 
-static void gen_step_complete_exception(DisasContext *s)
+static void gen_singlestep_exception(DisasContext *s)
 {
     /* We just completed step of an insn. Move from Active-not-pending
      * to Active-pending, and then also take the swstep exception.
@@ -357,30 +357,6 @@ static void gen_step_complete_exception(DisasContext *s)
     s->base.is_jmp = DISAS_NORETURN;
 }
 
-static void gen_singlestep_exception(DisasContext *s)
-{
-    /* Generate the right kind of exception for singlestep, which is
-     * either the architectural singlestep or EXCP_DEBUG for QEMU's
-     * gdb singlestepping.
-     */
-    if (s->ss_active) {
-        gen_step_complete_exception(s);
-    } else {
-        gen_exception_internal(EXCP_DEBUG);
-    }
-}
-
-static inline bool is_singlestepping(DisasContext *s)
-{
-    /* Return true if we are singlestepping either because of
-     * architectural singlestep or QEMU gdbstub singlestep. This does
-     * not include the command line '-singlestep' mode which is rather
-     * misnamed as it only means "one instruction per TB" and doesn't
-     * affect the code we generate.
-     */
-    return s->base.singlestep_enabled || s->ss_active;
-}
-
 void clear_eci_state(DisasContext *s)
 {
     /*
@@ -837,7 +813,7 @@ static inline void gen_bx_excret_final_code(DisasContext *s)
     /* Is the new PC value in the magic range indicating exception return? */
     tcg_gen_brcondi_i32(TCG_COND_GEU, cpu_R[15], min_magic, excret_label);
     /* No: end the TB as we would for a DISAS_JMP */
-    if (is_singlestepping(s)) {
+    if (s->ss_active) {
         gen_singlestep_exception(s);
     } else {
         tcg_gen_exit_tb(NULL, 0);
@@ -2606,7 +2582,7 @@ static void gen_goto_tb(DisasContext *s, int n, target_ulong dest)
 /* Jump, specifying which TB number to use if we gen_goto_tb() */
 static inline void gen_jmp_tb(DisasContext *s, uint32_t dest, int tbno)
 {
-    if (unlikely(is_singlestepping(s))) {
+    if (unlikely(s->ss_active)) {
         /* An indirect jump so that we still trigger the debug exception.  */
         gen_set_pc_im(s, dest);
         s->base.is_jmp = DISAS_JUMP;
@@ -9459,7 +9435,7 @@ static void arm_tr_init_disas_context(DisasContextBase *dcbase, CPUState *cs)
     dc->page_start = dc->base.pc_first & TARGET_PAGE_MASK;
 
     /* If architectural single step active, limit to 1.  */
-    if (is_singlestepping(dc)) {
+    if (dc->ss_active) {
         dc->base.max_insns = 1;
     }
 
@@ -9794,7 +9770,7 @@ static void arm_tr_tb_stop(DisasContextBase *dcbase, CPUState *cpu)
          * insn codepath itself.
          */
         gen_bx_excret_final_code(dc);
-    } else if (unlikely(is_singlestepping(dc))) {
+    } else if (unlikely(dc->ss_active)) {
         /* Unconditional and "condition passed" instruction codepath. */
         switch (dc->base.is_jmp) {
         case DISAS_SWI:
@@ -9889,7 +9865,7 @@ static void arm_tr_tb_stop(DisasContextBase *dcbase, CPUState *cpu)
         /* "Condition failed" instruction codepath for the branch/trap insn */
         gen_set_label(dc->condlabel);
         gen_set_condexec(dc);
-        if (unlikely(is_singlestepping(dc))) {
+        if (unlikely(dc->ss_active)) {
             gen_set_pc_im(dc, dc->base.pc_next);
             gen_singlestep_exception(dc);
         } else {