diff --git a/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp b/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
index dcc05683682..d6b8a9ee93c 100644
--- a/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
@@ -402,16 +402,9 @@ PPCTargetLowering::PPCTargetLowering(PPCTargetMachine &TM)
     setLibcallName(RTLIB::EXP2_PPCF128, "exp2l$LDBL128");
   }
 
-  if (PPCSubTarget.isBookE()) {
-    // Book E: Instructions are always four bytes long and word-aligned.
-    setMinFunctionAlignment(4);
-    setPrefFunctionAlignment(8);
-  }
-  else {
-    setMinFunctionAlignment(2);
-    if (PPCSubTarget.isDarwin())
-      setPrefFunctionAlignment(4);
-  }
+  setMinFunctionAlignment(2);
+  if (PPCSubTarget.isDarwin())
+    setPrefFunctionAlignment(4);
 
   setInsertFencesForAtomic(true);