diff --git a/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500.inc b/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f69a8b..0000000
--- a/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-DEFAULTTUNE ?= "ppce500"
-
-require conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc.inc
-
-TUNEVALID[ppce500] = "Enable ppce500 specific processor optimizations"
-TUNE_CCARGS += "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "ppce500", "-te500", "", d)}"
-
-# Note that SPE is implied by the ppce500 feature
-TARGET_FPU .= "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "ppce500", "ppc-efs", "", d)}"
-
-# spe is defined potentially in two places, so we want to be sure it will
-# only write spe once to the ABIEXTENSIONS field.
-SPEABIEXTENSION = "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "ppce500", "spe", "", d)}"
-ABIEXTENSION .= "${SPEABIEXTENSION}"
-
-AVAILTUNES += "ppce500"
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce500 = "m32 ppce500"
-TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppce500 = "ppce500"
-PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppce500 = "ppce500"
diff --git a/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500v2.inc b/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500v2.inc
index 695da0c..0fd0efe 100644
--- a/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500v2.inc
+++ b/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500v2.inc
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ require conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc.inc
 TUNEVALID[ppce500v2] = "Enable ppce500v2 specific processor optimizations"
 TUNE_CCARGS += "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "ppce500v2", "-te500v2", "", d)}"
 
-# Note that SPE is implied by the ppce500v2 feature
-TARGET_FPU .= "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "ppce500v2", "ppc-efd", "", d)}"
-
 # spe is defined potentially in two places, so we want to be sure it will
 # only write spe once to the ABIEXTENSIONS field.
 SPEABIEXTENSION = "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "ppce500v2", "spe", "", d)}"