diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 4d011f495c..2c39c32d4a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -518,10 +518,6 @@ build the GNU C Library:
      moment.  As of release time, GNU 'binutils' 2.43.1 is the newest
      verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
 
-     For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), 'objcopy' is
-     required to support '--update-section'.  This option requires
-     binutils 2.26 or newer.
-
    * GNU 'texinfo' 4.7 or later
 
      To correctly translate and install the Texinfo documentation you
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index f74c20faff..006f93bb71 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -559,10 +559,6 @@ No other assembler or linker has the necessary functionality at the
 moment. As of release time, GNU @code{binutils} 2.43.1 is the newest
 verified to work to build @theglibc{}.
 
-For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), @command{objcopy} is required
-to support @option{--update-section}.  This option requires binutils 2.26 or
-newer.
-
 @item
 GNU @code{texinfo} 4.7 or later
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure
index 7092f61bd4..ef17f245a1 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure
@@ -137,75 +137,5 @@ then :
   critic_missing="$critic_missing The compiler must support -mabi=ieeelongdouble and -mlong-double-128 simultaneously."
 fi
 
-for ac_prog in $OBJCOPY
-do
-  # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
-{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-printf %s "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if test ${ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY+y}
-then :
-  printf %s "(cached) " >&6
-else case e in #(
-  e) if test -n "$OBJCOPY"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY="$OBJCOPY" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  case $as_dir in #(((
-    '') as_dir=./ ;;
-    */) ;;
-    *) as_dir=$as_dir/ ;;
-  esac
-    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY="$ac_prog"
-    printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-fi ;;
-esac
-fi
-OBJCOPY=$ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY
-if test -n "$OBJCOPY"; then
-  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $OBJCOPY" >&5
-printf "%s\n" "$OBJCOPY" >&6; }
-else
-  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-printf "%s\n" "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-
-  test -n "$OBJCOPY" && break
-done
-
-if test -z "$OBJCOPY"; then
-  ac_verc_fail=yes
-else
-  # Found it, now check the version.
-  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking version of $OBJCOPY" >&5
-printf %s "checking version of $OBJCOPY... " >&6; }
-  ac_prog_version=`$OBJCOPY --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU objcopy.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
-  case $ac_prog_version in
-    '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
-    2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.2[6-9]*|2.[3-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*)
-       ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
-    *) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
-
-  esac
-  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_prog_version" >&5
-printf "%s\n" "$ac_prog_version" >&6; }
-fi
-if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then
-  AS=: critic_missing="$critic_missing objcopy >= 2.26 is required on powerpc64le"
-fi
-
-
 test -n "$critic_missing" && as_fn_error $? "*** $critic_missing" "$LINENO" 5
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure.ac b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure.ac
index 48d7089b63..79b3d434e8 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure.ac
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure.ac
@@ -66,11 +66,4 @@ CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"])
 AS_IF([test "$libc_cv_compiler_powerpc64le_ldbl128_mabi" = "no"],
       [critic_missing="$critic_missing The compiler must support -mabi=ieeelongdouble and -mlong-double-128 simultaneously."])
 
-dnl objcopy (binutils) 2.26 or newer required to support the --update-section
-dnl feature for fixing up .gnu.attribute section with IEEE ldbl.
-AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(OBJCOPY, $OBJCOPY, --version,
-		  [GNU objcopy.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)],
-		  [2.1[0-9][0-9]*|2.2[6-9]*|2.[3-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9]*],
-		  AS=: critic_missing="$critic_missing objcopy >= 2.26 is required on powerpc64le")
-
 test -n "$critic_missing" && AC_MSG_ERROR([*** $critic_missing])