diff --git a/sysdeps/arm/nptl/bits/semaphore.h b/sysdeps/arm/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c93179e64a..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/arm/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2002-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library.  If not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#ifndef _SEMAPHORE_H
-# error "Never use <bits/semaphore.h> directly; include <semaphore.h> instead."
-#endif
-
-
-#define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	16
-
-
-/* Value returned if `sem_open' failed.  */
-#define SEM_FAILED      ((sem_t *) 0)
-
-
-typedef union
-{
-  char __size[__SIZEOF_SEM_T];
-  long int __align;
-} sem_t;
diff --git a/sysdeps/csky/nptl/bits/semaphore.h b/sysdeps/csky/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 69b37249f5..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/csky/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/* Machine-specific POSIX semaphore type layouts.  C-SKY version.
-   Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library.  If not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#ifndef _SEMAPHORE_H
-# error "Never use <bits/semaphore.h> directly; include <semaphore.h> instead."
-#endif
-
-
-#define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	16
-
-
-/* Value returned if `sem_open' failed.  */
-#define SEM_FAILED	((sem_t *) 0)
-
-
-typedef union
-{
-  char __size[__SIZEOF_SEM_T];
-  long int __align;
-} sem_t;
diff --git a/sysdeps/hppa/nptl/bits/semaphore.h b/sysdeps/hppa/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 3864e6e16e..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/hppa/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2002-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library.  If not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#ifndef _SEMAPHORE_H
-# error "Never use <bits/semaphore.h> directly; include <semaphore.h> instead."
-#endif
-
-#define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	16
-
-/* Value returned if `sem_open' failed.  */
-#define SEM_FAILED      ((sem_t *) 0)
-
-typedef union
-{
-  char __size[__SIZEOF_SEM_T];
-  long int __align;
-} sem_t;
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/nptl/bits/semaphore.h b/sysdeps/ia64/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c52ff27ce..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/ia64/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2002-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-   Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2002.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#ifndef _SEMAPHORE_H
-# error "Never use <bits/semaphore.h> directly; include <semaphore.h> instead."
-#endif
-
-
-#define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	32
-
-
-/* Value returned if `sem_open' failed.  */
-#define SEM_FAILED      ((sem_t *) 0)
-
-
-typedef union
-{
-  char __size[__SIZEOF_SEM_T];
-  long int __align;
-} sem_t;
diff --git a/sysdeps/microblaze/nptl/bits/semaphore.h b/sysdeps/microblaze/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d5107b5533..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/microblaze/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2002-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#ifndef _SEMAPHORE_H
-# error "Never use <bits/semaphore.h> directly; include <semaphore.h> instead."
-#endif
-
-#define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	16
-
-/* Value returned if `sem_open' failed.  */
-#define SEM_FAILED	((sem_t *) 0)
-
-typedef union
-{
-  char __size[__SIZEOF_SEM_T];
-  long int __align;
-} sem_t;
diff --git a/sysdeps/nios2/nptl/bits/semaphore.h b/sysdeps/nios2/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fa2521587..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/nios2/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/* Machine-specific POSIX semaphore type layouts.  Nios II version.
-   Copyright (C) 2002-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#ifndef _SEMAPHORE_H
-# error "Never use <bits/semaphore.h> directly; include <semaphore.h> instead."
-#endif
-
-#define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	16
-
-/* Value returned if `sem_open' failed.  */
-#define SEM_FAILED      ((sem_t *) 0)
-
-typedef union
-{
-  char __size[__SIZEOF_SEM_T];
-  long int __align;
-} sem_t;
diff --git a/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/bits/semaphore.h b/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 09cfdebd0d..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/* Machine-specific POSIX semaphore type layouts.  RISC-V version.
-   Copyright (C) 2002-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library.  If not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#ifndef _SEMAPHORE_H
-# error "Never use <bits/semaphore.h> directly; include <semaphore.h> instead."
-#endif
-
-#define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	(4 * __SIZEOF_POINTER__)
-
-/* Value returned if `sem_open' failed.  */
-#define SEM_FAILED      ((sem_t *) 0)
-
-
-typedef union
-{
-  char __size[__SIZEOF_SEM_T];
-  long int __align;
-} sem_t;
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/nptl/bits/semaphore.h b/sysdeps/s390/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b5ced89143..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/s390/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2003-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-   Contributed by Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>, 2003.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#ifndef _SEMAPHORE_H
-# error "Never use <bits/semaphore.h> directly; include <semaphore.h> instead."
-#endif
-
-#include <bits/wordsize.h>
-
-#if __WORDSIZE == 64
-# define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	32
-#else
-# define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	16
-#endif
-
-/* Value returned if `sem_open' failed.  */
-#define SEM_FAILED      ((sem_t *) 0)
-
-
-typedef union
-{
-  char __size[__SIZEOF_SEM_T];
-  long int __align;
-} sem_t;
diff --git a/sysdeps/sh/nptl/bits/semaphore.h b/sysdeps/sh/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e7f48eb32b..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/sh/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2002-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-   Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2002.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#ifndef _SEMAPHORE_H
-# error "Never use <bits/semaphore.h> directly; include <semaphore.h> instead."
-#endif
-
-
-#define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	16
-
-
-/* Value returned if `sem_open' failed.  */
-#define SEM_FAILED      ((sem_t *) 0)
-
-
-typedef union
-{
-  char __size[__SIZEOF_SEM_T];
-  long int __align;
-} sem_t;
diff --git a/sysdeps/sparc/nptl/bits/semaphore.h b/sysdeps/sparc/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 020fd757d5..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/sparc/nptl/bits/semaphore.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/* Machine-specific POSIX semaphore type layouts.  SPARC version.
-   Copyright (C) 2003-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-   Contributed by Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>, 2003.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#ifndef _SEMAPHORE_H
-# error "Never use <bits/semaphore.h> directly; include <semaphore.h> instead."
-#endif
-
-#include <bits/wordsize.h>
-
-#if __WORDSIZE == 64
-# define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	32
-#else
-# define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	16
-#endif
-
-/* Value returned if `sem_open' failed.  */
-#define SEM_FAILED      ((sem_t *) 0)
-
-
-typedef union
-{
-  char __size[__SIZEOF_SEM_T];
-  long int __align;
-} sem_t;
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/bits/semaphore.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/bits/semaphore.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ffd8d4a350..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/bits/semaphore.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/* Machine-specific POSIX semaphore type layouts.  Alpha version.
-   Copyright (C) 2003-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library.  If not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#ifndef _SEMAPHORE_H
-# error "Never use <bits/semaphore.h> directly; include <semaphore.h> instead."
-#endif
-
-# define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	32
-
-/* Value returned if `sem_open' failed.  */
-#define SEM_FAILED      ((sem_t *) 0)
-
-
-typedef union
-{
-  char __size[__SIZEOF_SEM_T];
-  long int __align;
-} sem_t;
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/bits/semaphore.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/semaphore.h
similarity index 90%
rename from sysdeps/x86/bits/semaphore.h
rename to sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/semaphore.h
index 299de51fa8..84a55b8a95 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86/bits/semaphore.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/semaphore.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2002-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Generic POSIX semaphore type layout
+   Copyright (C) 1995-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-   Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2002.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 # define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	16
 #endif
 
-
 /* Value returned if `sem_open' failed.  */
 #define SEM_FAILED      ((sem_t *) 0)
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/bits/semaphore.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/bits/semaphore.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 717e6f82da..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/bits/semaphore.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/* Machine-specific POSIX semaphore type layouts.  PowerPC version.
-   Copyright (C) 2003-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-   Contributed by Paul Mackerras <paulus@au.ibm.com>, 2003.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#ifndef _SEMAPHORE_H
-# error "Never use <bits/semaphore.h> directly; include <semaphore.h> instead."
-#endif
-
-#include <bits/wordsize.h>
-
-#if __WORDSIZE == 64
-# define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	32
-#else
-# define __SIZEOF_SEM_T	16
-#endif
-
-/* Value returned if `sem_open' failed.  */
-#define SEM_FAILED      ((sem_t *) 0)
-
-
-typedef union
-{
-  char __size[__SIZEOF_SEM_T];
-  long int __align;
-} sem_t;