diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/Makefile
index f2abdd6ba12e..4367125b7c27 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ all: $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED)
 fpsimd-test: fpsimd-test.o
 	$(CC) -nostdlib $^ -o $@
 rdvl-sve: rdvl-sve.o rdvl.o
-sve-ptrace: sve-ptrace.o sve-ptrace-asm.o
+sve-ptrace: sve-ptrace.o
 sve-probe-vls: sve-probe-vls.o rdvl.o
 sve-test: sve-test.o
 	$(CC) -nostdlib $^ -o $@
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/sve-ptrace-asm.S b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/sve-ptrace-asm.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e81f9fab574..000000000000
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/sve-ptrace-asm.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-// Copyright (C) 2015-2019 ARM Limited.
-// Original author: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
-#include <asm/unistd.h>
-
-.arch_extension sve
-
-.globl sve_store_patterns
-
-sve_store_patterns:
-	mov	x1, x0
-
-	index	z0.b, #0, #1
-	str	q0, [x1]
-
-	mov	w8, #__NR_getpid
-	svc	#0
-	str	q0, [x1, #0x10]
-
-	mov	z1.d, z0.d
-	str	q0, [x1, #0x20]
-
-	mov	w8, #__NR_getpid
-	svc	#0
-	str	q0, [x1, #0x30]
-
-	mov	z1.d, z0.d
-	str	q0, [x1, #0x40]
-
-	ret
-
-.size	sve_store_patterns, . - sve_store_patterns
-.type	sve_store_patterns, @function
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/sve-ptrace.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/sve-ptrace.c
index 7035f01423b3..d2ec48f649f9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/sve-ptrace.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/sve-ptrace.c
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
 #define NT_ARM_SVE 0x405
 #endif
 
-/* Number of registers filled in by sve_store_patterns */
-#define NR_VREGS 5
-
-void sve_store_patterns(__uint128_t v[NR_VREGS]);
-
 static void dump(const void *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	size_t i;
@@ -40,23 +35,6 @@ static void dump(const void *buf, size_t size)
 		printf(" %.2x", *p++);
 }
 
-static int check_vregs(const __uint128_t vregs[NR_VREGS])
-{
-	int i;
-	int ok = 1;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_VREGS; ++i) {
-		printf("# v[%d]:", i);
-		dump(&vregs[i], sizeof vregs[i]);
-		putchar('\n');
-
-		if (vregs[i] != vregs[0])
-			ok = 0;
-	}
-
-	return ok;
-}
-
 static int do_child(void)
 {
 	if (ptrace(PTRACE_TRACEME, -1, NULL, NULL))
@@ -309,7 +287,6 @@ static int do_parent(pid_t child)
 int main(void)
 {
 	int ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
-	__uint128_t v[NR_VREGS];
 	pid_t child;
 
 	ksft_print_header();
@@ -318,11 +295,6 @@ int main(void)
 	if (!(getauxval(AT_HWCAP) & HWCAP_SVE))
 		ksft_exit_skip("SVE not available\n");
 
-	sve_store_patterns(v);
-
-	if (!check_vregs(v))
-		ksft_exit_fail_msg("Initial check_vregs() failed\n");
-
 	child = fork();
 	if (!child)
 		return do_child();