diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 69ab4dc98..594709d51 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-10-10  Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
+
+	* libc/sys/rtems/machine/_types.h (_ssize_t): Delete.
+	(__ssize_t_defined) Likewise.
+
 2013-10-10  Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
 
 	* libc/include/machine/_default_types.h (__int8_t): Define via
diff --git a/newlib/libc/sys/rtems/machine/_types.h b/newlib/libc/sys/rtems/machine/_types.h
index ce8dc47f0..565dc1a0c 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/sys/rtems/machine/_types.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/sys/rtems/machine/_types.h
@@ -5,32 +5,6 @@
 #ifndef _MACHINE__TYPES_H
 #define _MACHINE__TYPES_H
 
-/*
- * GCC wants type symmetry between size_t and ssize_t.
- * It supplies __SIZE_TYPE__, doesn't supply a corresponding __SSIZE_TYPE__,
- * so we have to guess on which type GCC wants ssize_t to be.
- * FIXME: GCC > 4.3.x supplies internal defines __SIZEOF_SIZE_T__ etc. which
- * could be applied here.
- */
-
-#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__m32r__) || defined(__h8300__) || (defined(__arm__) && !defined(__ARM_EABI__)) || defined(__bfin__) || defined(__m68k__) || defined(__MICROBLAZE__)
-#if defined(__H8300__)
-typedef signed int _ssize_t;
-#else
-typedef long signed int _ssize_t;
-#endif
-#define __ssize_t_defined 1
-#elif defined(__sparc__) && defined(__LP64__)
-typedef long signed int _ssize_t;
-#define __ssize_t_defined 1
-#elif defined(__AVR__) || defined(__lm32__) || defined(__m32c__) || defined(__mips__) || defined(__moxie__) || defined(__PPC__) || defined(__sparc__) || defined(__sh__) || defined(__ARM_EABI__) \
-  || defined(__v850__) || defined(__v851__)
-typedef signed int _ssize_t;
-#define __ssize_t_defined 1
-#else
-# error unsupported target
-#endif
-
 #include <machine/_default_types.h>
 
 typedef __int32_t blksize_t;