diff --git a/linux-user/syscall-defs.h b/linux-user/syscall-defs.h
index 1f3a9c47ab..d1a6c6fa3c 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall-defs.h
+++ b/linux-user/syscall-defs.h
@@ -20,3 +20,9 @@
 SYSCALL_DEF(open, ARG_STR, ARG_OPENFLAG, ARG_MODEFLAG);
 #endif
 SYSCALL_DEF(openat, ARG_ATDIRFD, ARG_STR, ARG_OPENFLAG, ARG_MODEFLAG);
+#ifdef TARGET_NR_readlink
+SYSCALL_DEF(readlink, ARG_STR, ARG_PTR, ARG_DEC);
+#endif
+#ifdef TARGET_NR_readlinkat
+SYSCALL_DEF(readlinkat, ARG_ATDIRFD, ARG_STR, ARG_PTR, ARG_DEC);
+#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/strace.c b/linux-user/strace.c
index 24ef14b5e6..2f1c7e537f 100644
--- a/linux-user/strace.c
+++ b/linux-user/strace.c
@@ -2256,35 +2256,6 @@ print_fstatat64(const struct syscallname *name,
 #define print_newfstatat    print_fstatat64
 #endif
 
-#ifdef TARGET_NR_readlink
-static void
-print_readlink(const struct syscallname *name,
-    abi_long arg0, abi_long arg1, abi_long arg2,
-    abi_long arg3, abi_long arg4, abi_long arg5)
-{
-    print_syscall_prologue(name);
-    print_string(arg0, 0);
-    print_pointer(arg1, 0);
-    print_raw_param("%u", arg2, 1);
-    print_syscall_epilogue(name);
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef TARGET_NR_readlinkat
-static void
-print_readlinkat(const struct syscallname *name,
-    abi_long arg0, abi_long arg1, abi_long arg2,
-    abi_long arg3, abi_long arg4, abi_long arg5)
-{
-    print_syscall_prologue(name);
-    print_at_dirfd(arg0, 0);
-    print_string(arg1, 0);
-    print_pointer(arg2, 0);
-    print_raw_param("%u", arg3, 1);
-    print_syscall_epilogue(name);
-}
-#endif
-
 #ifdef TARGET_NR_rename
 static void
 print_rename(const struct syscallname *name,
diff --git a/linux-user/syscall-file.inc.c b/linux-user/syscall-file.inc.c
index 30f8e35cdd..4ef0be2c6f 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall-file.inc.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall-file.inc.c
@@ -314,3 +314,48 @@ SYSCALL_IMPL(openat)
 {
     return do_openat(cpu_env, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4);
 }
+
+static abi_long do_readlinkat(int dirfd, abi_ulong target_path,
+                              abi_ulong target_buf, abi_ulong bufsiz)
+{
+    char *p = lock_user_string(target_path);
+    void *buf = lock_user(VERIFY_WRITE, target_buf, bufsiz, 0);
+    abi_long ret;
+
+    if (!p || !buf) {
+        ret = -TARGET_EFAULT;
+    } else if (!bufsiz) {
+        /* Short circuit this for the magic exe check. */
+        ret = -TARGET_EINVAL;
+    } else if (is_proc_myself((const char *)p, "exe")) {
+        char real[PATH_MAX];
+        char *temp = realpath(exec_path, real);
+
+        if (temp == NULL) {
+            ret = -host_to_target_errno(errno);
+        } else {
+            ret = MIN(strlen(real), bufsiz);
+            /* We cannot NUL terminate the string. */
+            memcpy(buf, real, ret);
+        }
+    } else {
+        ret = get_errno(readlinkat(dirfd, path(p), buf, bufsiz));
+    }
+    unlock_user(buf, target_buf, ret);
+    unlock_user(p, target_path, 0);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+#ifdef TARGET_NR_readlink
+SYSCALL_IMPL(readlink)
+{
+    return do_readlinkat(AT_FDCWD, arg1, arg2, arg3);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef TARGET_NR_readlinkat
+SYSCALL_IMPL(readlinkat)
+{
+    return do_readlinkat(arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index fe52ac15c2..53fb211f16 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -6633,8 +6633,6 @@ int host_to_target_waitstatus(int status)
     return status;
 }
 
-static int is_proc_myself(const char *filename, const char *entry);
-
 #define TIMER_MAGIC 0x0caf0000
 #define TIMER_MAGIC_MASK 0xffff0000
 
@@ -8108,59 +8106,6 @@ static abi_long do_syscall1(void *cpu_env, int num, abi_long arg1,
         }
         return ret;
 #endif
-#ifdef TARGET_NR_readlink
-    case TARGET_NR_readlink:
-        {
-            void *p2;
-            p = lock_user_string(arg1);
-            p2 = lock_user(VERIFY_WRITE, arg2, arg3, 0);
-            if (!p || !p2) {
-                ret = -TARGET_EFAULT;
-            } else if (!arg3) {
-                /* Short circuit this for the magic exe check. */
-                ret = -TARGET_EINVAL;
-            } else if (is_proc_myself((const char *)p, "exe")) {
-                char real[PATH_MAX], *temp;
-                temp = realpath(exec_path, real);
-                /* Return value is # of bytes that we wrote to the buffer. */
-                if (temp == NULL) {
-                    ret = get_errno(-1);
-                } else {
-                    /* Don't worry about sign mismatch as earlier mapping
-                     * logic would have thrown a bad address error. */
-                    ret = MIN(strlen(real), arg3);
-                    /* We cannot NUL terminate the string. */
-                    memcpy(p2, real, ret);
-                }
-            } else {
-                ret = get_errno(readlink(path(p), p2, arg3));
-            }
-            unlock_user(p2, arg2, ret);
-            unlock_user(p, arg1, 0);
-        }
-        return ret;
-#endif
-#if defined(TARGET_NR_readlinkat)
-    case TARGET_NR_readlinkat:
-        {
-            void *p2;
-            p  = lock_user_string(arg2);
-            p2 = lock_user(VERIFY_WRITE, arg3, arg4, 0);
-            if (!p || !p2) {
-                ret = -TARGET_EFAULT;
-            } else if (is_proc_myself((const char *)p, "exe")) {
-                char real[PATH_MAX], *temp;
-                temp = realpath(exec_path, real);
-                ret = temp == NULL ? get_errno(-1) : strlen(real) ;
-                snprintf((char *)p2, arg4, "%s", real);
-            } else {
-                ret = get_errno(readlinkat(arg1, path(p), p2, arg4));
-            }
-            unlock_user(p2, arg3, ret);
-            unlock_user(p, arg2, 0);
-        }
-        return ret;
-#endif
 #ifdef TARGET_NR_swapon
     case TARGET_NR_swapon:
         if (!(p = lock_user_string(arg1)))
diff --git a/linux-user/strace.list b/linux-user/strace.list
index 2c7a595e19..53cee3db92 100644
--- a/linux-user/strace.list
+++ b/linux-user/strace.list
@@ -1079,12 +1079,6 @@
 #ifdef TARGET_NR_readdir
 { TARGET_NR_readdir, "readdir" , NULL, NULL, NULL },
 #endif
-#ifdef TARGET_NR_readlink
-{ TARGET_NR_readlink, "readlink" , NULL, print_readlink, NULL },
-#endif
-#ifdef TARGET_NR_readlinkat
-{ TARGET_NR_readlinkat, "readlinkat" , NULL, print_readlinkat, NULL },
-#endif
 #ifdef TARGET_NR_readv
 { TARGET_NR_readv, "readv" , NULL, NULL, NULL },
 #endif
