diff --git a/src/arch/sparc/faults.cc b/src/arch/sparc/faults.cc
index 57b4d4d86..2af242bd8 100644
--- a/src/arch/sparc/faults.cc
+++ b/src/arch/sparc/faults.cc
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ void SparcFault::invoke(ThreadContext * tc)
 
 void TrapInstruction::invoke(ThreadContext * tc)
 {
-    tc->syscall(syscall_num);
+    // Should be handled in ISA.
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/cpu/thread_context.hh b/src/cpu/thread_context.hh
index 48c8fa28d..3c79e1116 100644
--- a/src/cpu/thread_context.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/thread_context.hh
@@ -245,8 +245,6 @@ class ThreadContext
 
     virtual void setSyscallReturn(SyscallReturn return_value) = 0;
 
-    virtual void syscall(int64_t callnum) = 0;
-
     // Same with st cond failures.
     virtual Counter readFuncExeInst() = 0;
 #endif
@@ -432,8 +430,6 @@ class ProxyThreadContext : public ThreadContext
     void setSyscallReturn(SyscallReturn return_value)
     { actualTC->setSyscallReturn(return_value); }
 
-    void syscall(int64_t callnum) { actualTC->syscall(callnum); }
-
     Counter readFuncExeInst() { return actualTC->readFuncExeInst(); }
 #endif