diff --git a/accel/tcg/user-exec.c b/accel/tcg/user-exec.c
index 5a0a65fa46..e9b6eb696f 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/user-exec.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/user-exec.c
@@ -253,36 +253,7 @@ void *probe_access(CPUArchState *env, target_ulong addr, int size,
     return size ? g2h(env_cpu(env), addr) : NULL;
 }
 
-#if defined(__alpha__)
-
-int cpu_signal_handler(int host_signum, void *pinfo,
-                           void *puc)
-{
-    siginfo_t *info = pinfo;
-    ucontext_t *uc = puc;
-    uint32_t *pc = uc->uc_mcontext.sc_pc;
-    uint32_t insn = *pc;
-    int is_write = 0;
-
-    /* XXX: need kernel patch to get write flag faster */
-    switch (insn >> 26) {
-    case 0x0d: /* stw */
-    case 0x0e: /* stb */
-    case 0x0f: /* stq_u */
-    case 0x24: /* stf */
-    case 0x25: /* stg */
-    case 0x26: /* sts */
-    case 0x27: /* stt */
-    case 0x2c: /* stl */
-    case 0x2d: /* stq */
-    case 0x2e: /* stl_c */
-    case 0x2f: /* stq_c */
-        is_write = 1;
-    }
-
-    return handle_cpu_signal(pc, info, is_write, &uc->uc_sigmask);
-}
-#elif defined(__sparc__)
+#if defined(__sparc__)
 
 int cpu_signal_handler(int host_signum, void *pinfo,
                        void *puc)
diff --git a/linux-user/host/alpha/host-signal.h b/linux-user/host/alpha/host-signal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e080be412f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux-user/host/alpha/host-signal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * host-signal.h: signal info dependent on the host architecture
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2005 Fabrice Bellard
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Linaro Limited
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ALPHA_HOST_SIGNAL_H
+#define ALPHA_HOST_SIGNAL_H
+
+static inline uintptr_t host_signal_pc(ucontext_t *uc)
+{
+    return uc->uc_mcontext.sc_pc;
+}
+
+static inline bool host_signal_write(siginfo_t *info, ucontext_t *uc)
+{
+    uint32_t *pc = (uint32_t *)host_signal_pc(uc);
+    uint32_t insn = *pc;
+
+    /* XXX: need kernel patch to get write flag faster */
+    switch (insn >> 26) {
+    case 0x0d: /* stw */
+    case 0x0e: /* stb */
+    case 0x0f: /* stq_u */
+    case 0x24: /* stf */
+    case 0x25: /* stg */
+    case 0x26: /* sts */
+    case 0x27: /* stt */
+    case 0x2c: /* stl */
+    case 0x2d: /* stq */
+    case 0x2e: /* stl_c */
+    case 0x2f: /* stq_c */
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+#endif