diff --git a/lib/libc/arm/gen/__aeabi_read_tp.S b/lib/libc/arm/gen/__aeabi_read_tp.S
index 224d6a632185..6229c951b344 100644
--- a/lib/libc/arm/gen/__aeabi_read_tp.S
+++ b/lib/libc/arm/gen/__aeabi_read_tp.S
@@ -31,18 +31,8 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include <machine/sysarch.h>
 
 ENTRY(__aeabi_read_tp)
-#ifdef ARM_TP_ADDRESS
-	ldr	r0, .Larm_tp_address
-	ldr	r0, [r0]
-#else
 	mrc	p15, 0, r0, c13, c0, 3
-#endif
 	RET
 END(__aeabi_read_tp)
 
-#ifdef ARM_TP_ADDRESS
-.Larm_tp_address:
-	.word ARM_TP_ADDRESS
-#endif
-
 	.section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits
diff --git a/lib/libc/arm/gen/_set_tp.c b/lib/libc/arm/gen/_set_tp.c
index d0801d7444ba..1346ece5c9ef 100644
--- a/lib/libc/arm/gen/_set_tp.c
+++ b/lib/libc/arm/gen/_set_tp.c
@@ -38,9 +38,5 @@ void
 _set_tp(void *tp)
 {
 
-#ifdef ARM_TP_ADDRESS
-	*((struct tcb **)ARM_TP_ADDRESS) = tp;
-#else
 	sysarch(ARM_SET_TP, tp);
-#endif
 }
diff --git a/lib/libc/arm/static_tls.h b/lib/libc/arm/static_tls.h
index e6be9adfcff6..9f24cd4aae39 100644
--- a/lib/libc/arm/static_tls.h
+++ b/lib/libc/arm/static_tls.h
@@ -38,11 +38,7 @@ _libc_get_static_tls_base(size_t offset)
 {
 	uintptr_t tlsbase;
 
-#ifdef ARM_TP_ADDRESS
-	tlsbase = *(uintptr_t *)ARM_TP_ADDRESS;
-#else
 	__asm __volatile("mrc  p15, 0, %0, c13, c0, 3" : "=r" (tlsbase));
-#endif
 
 	tlsbase += offset;
 	return (tlsbase);
diff --git a/lib/libthr/arch/arm/include/pthread_md.h b/lib/libthr/arch/arm/include/pthread_md.h
index 55d93d0853bc..6f99eb7a139b 100644
--- a/lib/libthr/arch/arm/include/pthread_md.h
+++ b/lib/libthr/arch/arm/include/pthread_md.h
@@ -54,11 +54,7 @@ struct tcb {
 static __inline void
 _tcb_set(struct tcb *tcb)
 {
-#ifdef ARM_TP_ADDRESS
-	*((struct tcb **)ARM_TP_ADDRESS) = tcb;	/* avoids a system call */
-#else
 	sysarch(ARM_SET_TP, tcb);
-#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -67,15 +63,11 @@ _tcb_set(struct tcb *tcb)
 static __inline struct tcb *
 _tcb_get(void)
 {
-#ifdef ARM_TP_ADDRESS
-	return (*((struct tcb **)ARM_TP_ADDRESS));
-#else
 	struct tcb *tcb;
 
 	__asm __volatile("mrc  p15, 0, %0, c13, c0, 3"		\
 	   		 : "=r" (tcb));
 	return (tcb);
-#endif
 }
 
 static __inline struct pthread *
diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/arm/reloc.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/arm/reloc.c
index 7779169667be..4e551b0948ad 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/arm/reloc.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/arm/reloc.c
@@ -491,10 +491,6 @@ ifunc_init(Elf_Auxinfo aux_info[__min_size(AT_COUNT)] __unused)
 void
 allocate_initial_tls(Obj_Entry *objs)
 {
-#ifdef ARM_TP_ADDRESS
-	void **_tp = (void **)ARM_TP_ADDRESS;
-#endif
-
 	/*
 	* Fix the size of the static TLS block by using the maximum
 	* offset allocated so far and adding a bit for dynamic modules to
@@ -503,27 +499,17 @@ allocate_initial_tls(Obj_Entry *objs)
 
 	tls_static_space = tls_last_offset + tls_last_size + RTLD_STATIC_TLS_EXTRA;
 
-#ifdef ARM_TP_ADDRESS
-	(*_tp) = (void *) allocate_tls(objs, NULL, TLS_TCB_SIZE, 8);
-#else
 	sysarch(ARM_SET_TP, allocate_tls(objs, NULL, TLS_TCB_SIZE, 8));
-#endif
 }
 
 void *
 __tls_get_addr(tls_index* ti)
 {
 	char *p;
-#ifdef ARM_TP_ADDRESS
-	void **_tp = (void **)ARM_TP_ADDRESS;
-
-	p = tls_get_addr_common((Elf_Addr **)(*_tp), ti->ti_module, ti->ti_offset);
-#else
 	void *_tp;
 	__asm __volatile("mrc  p15, 0, %0, c13, c0, 3"		\
 	    : "=r" (_tp));
 	p = tls_get_addr_common((Elf_Addr **)(_tp), ti->ti_module, ti->ti_offset);
-#endif
 
 	return (p);
 }