diff --git a/sysdeps/mips/mipsel/bytesex.h b/sysdeps/mips/mipsel/bytesex.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5da5965cb2..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/mips/mipsel/bytesex.h
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/* The MIPS architecture has selectable endianness.
-   This file is for a machine using little-endian mode.  */
-
-#define __BYTE_ORDER __LITTLE_ENDIAN
diff --git a/sysdeps/mips/p40/bytesex.h b/sysdeps/mips/p40/bytesex.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e4b0119433..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/mips/p40/bytesex.h
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/* The MIPS has selectable endianness.
-   The Japanese homebrew P40 architecture uses big-endian mode.  */
-
-#define __BYTE_ORDER __BIG_ENDIAN