diff --git a/src/libm/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libm/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ee9d4fb..2329e332 100644
--- a/src/libm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -833,12 +833,6 @@ if (SLEEF_ARCH_S390X)
   add_dependencies(disps390x_128_obj disps390x_128.c_generated renamedsp128.h_generated ${TARGET_HEADERS})
   target_sources(${TARGET_LIBSLEEF} PRIVATE $<TARGET_OBJECTS:disps390x_128_obj>)
 
-  if(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_VXE2)
-    add_library(tryvxe2_obj OBJECT tryvxe2.c)
-    target_compile_options(tryvxe2_obj PRIVATE ${FLAGS_ENABLE_VXE2})
-    set_target_properties(tryvxe2_obj PROPERTIES ${COMMON_TARGET_PROPERTIES})
-    target_sources(${TARGET_LIBSLEEF} PRIVATE $<TARGET_OBJECTS:tryvxe2_obj>)
-  endif()
 endif(SLEEF_ARCH_S390X)
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/libm/disps390x_128.c.org b/src/libm/disps390x_128.c.org
index 1c92af2e..2301e156 100644
--- a/src/libm/disps390x_128.c.org
+++ b/src/libm/disps390x_128.c.org
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <setjmp.h>
+#include <sys/auxv.h>
 
 #include "misc.h"
 
@@ -15,9 +16,15 @@
 
 #include "dispatcher.h"
 
+static int cpuSupportsVXE2() {
+  static int ret = -1;
+  if (ret == -1)
+    ret = !!(getauxval(AT_HWCAP) & HWCAP_S390_VXRS_EXT2);
+  return ret;
+}
+
 #ifdef ENABLE_VXE2
-void sleef_tryVXE2();
-#define SUBST_IF_EXT1(funcvxe2) if (cpuSupportsExt(sleef_tryVXE2)) p = funcvxe2;
+#define SUBST_IF_EXT1(funcvxe2) if (cpuSupportsVXE2()) p = funcvxe2;
 #else
 #define SUBST_IF_EXT1(funcvxe2)
 #endif
diff --git a/src/libm/tryvxe2.c b/src/libm/tryvxe2.c
deleted file mode 100644
index b4a73a9f..00000000
--- a/src/libm/tryvxe2.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#include <vecintrin.h>
-
-__vector float sleef_cpuid_VXE2;
-__vector int sleef_cpuid_VXE1;
-
-void sleef_tryVXE2() {
-  sleef_cpuid_VXE2 = vec_float(sleef_cpuid_VXE1);
-}