diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/string/strcmp.c b/src/system/libroot/posix/string/strcmp.c
index cdba1d4f01..56e058e2cb 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/string/strcmp.c
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/string/strcmp.c
@@ -15,19 +15,6 @@
 int
 strcmp(char const *a, char const *b)
 {
-	/* Make sure we don't pass page boundries on a or b when doing four byte
-	   comparisons */
-	if ((((addr_t)a) & 3) == 0 && (((addr_t)b) && 3) == 0) {
-		uint32* a32 = (uint32*)a;
-		uint32* b32 = (uint32*)b;
-
-		while (LACKS_ZERO_BYTE(*a32)) {
-			int32 cmp = *a32++ - *b32++;
-			if (cmp != 0)
-				return cmp;
-		}
-		return *a32 - *b32;
-	}
 	while (true) {
 		int cmp = (unsigned char)*a - (unsigned char)*b++;
 		if (cmp != 0 || *a++ == '\0')