diff --git a/compiler/ppcgen/cgppc.pas b/compiler/ppcgen/cgppc.pas
index 8b3642187b..a59e896f82 100644
--- a/compiler/ppcgen/cgppc.pas
+++ b/compiler/ppcgen/cgppc.pas
@@ -447,31 +447,6 @@ unit cgppc;
       ref2 := ref;
       fixref(list, ref2);
 
-      { unaligned 64 bit accesses are much slower than unaligned }
-      { 32 bit accesses because they cause a hardware exception  }
-      { (which isn't handled by linux, so there you even get a   }
-      {  crash)                                                  }
-       if (ref2.alignment<>0) and
-         (tosize in [OS_64,OS_S64]) and
-         (ref.alignment<4) then
-        begin
-          if (ref2.base<>NR_NO) and
-             (ref2.index<>NR_NO) then
-            begin
-              tmpreg:=getintregister(list,OS_64);
-              a_op_reg_reg_reg(list,OP_SHR,OS_64,ref2.base,ref2.index,tmpreg);
-              ref2.base:=tmpreg;
-              ref2.index:=NR_NO;
-            end;
-          tmpreg:=getintregister(list,OS_64);
-          a_op_const_reg_reg(list,OP_SHR,OS_64,32,reg,tmpreg);
-          inc(ref2.offset,4);
-          a_load_reg_ref(list,OS_32,OS_32,reg,ref2);
-          dec(ref2.offset,4);
-          a_load_reg_ref(list,OS_32,OS_32,tmpreg,ref2);
-          exit;
-        end;
-
       op := storeinstr[tcgsize2unsigned[tosize], ref2.index <> NR_NO, false];
       a_load_store(list, op, reg, ref2);
     end;