diff --git a/target/s390x/meson.build b/target/s390x/meson.build
index 1219f64112..a5e1ded93f 100644
--- a/target/s390x/meson.build
+++ b/target/s390x/meson.build
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ s390x_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_TCG', if_true: files(
   'vec_helper.c',
   'vec_int_helper.c',
   'vec_string_helper.c',
-), if_false: files('tcg-stub.c'))
+))
 
 s390x_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_KVM', if_true: files('kvm.c'), if_false: files('kvm-stub.c'))
 
diff --git a/target/s390x/tcg-stub.c b/target/s390x/tcg-stub.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d22c898802..0000000000
--- a/target/s390x/tcg-stub.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * QEMU TCG support -- s390x specific function stubs.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat Inc
- *
- * Authors:
- *   David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
- *
- * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
- * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
- */
-
-#include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
-#include "cpu.h"
-#include "tcg_s390x.h"
-
-void tcg_s390_tod_updated(CPUState *cs, run_on_cpu_data opaque)
-{
-}
-void QEMU_NORETURN tcg_s390_program_interrupt(CPUS390XState *env,
-                                              uint32_t code, uintptr_t ra)
-{
-    g_assert_not_reached();
-}
-void QEMU_NORETURN tcg_s390_data_exception(CPUS390XState *env, uint32_t dxc,
-                                           uintptr_t ra)
-{
-    g_assert_not_reached();
-}