diff --git a/community/drawterm/APKBUILD b/community/drawterm/APKBUILD
index 735fa3bb640..f74168e0835 100644
--- a/community/drawterm/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/drawterm/APKBUILD
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ disturl="dev.alpinelinux.org:/archive/drawterm"
 source="https://dev.alpinelinux.org/archive/drawterm/drawterm-$pkgver.tar.gz
 	respect-env.patch"
 
-prepare() {
-	default_prepare
-	if [ "$CARCH" = "ppc64le" ]; then
-		ln -s posix-power posix-ppc64le
-	fi
-}
-
 build() {
 	CONF=unix make X11INC=/usr/include/X11 \
 		X11LIB=/usr/lib/X11