diff --git a/executer/user/mcexec.c b/executer/user/mcexec.c
index 473ed847..1c296995 100644
--- a/executer/user/mcexec.c
+++ b/executer/user/mcexec.c
@@ -664,15 +664,6 @@ int main_loop(int fd, int cpu, pthread_mutex_t *lock)
 			                  w.sr.args[1], sizeof(struct stat));
 			break;
 			}
-		case __NR_fstat:
-			ret = fstat(w.sr.args[0], (void *)dma_buf);
-            __dprintf("mcexec.c:main_loop,arg[0]=%ld,ret=%d\n", w.sr.args[0], ret);
-			if (ret == -1) {
-				ret = -errno;
-			}
-			do_syscall_return(fd, cpu, ret, 1, (unsigned long)dma_buf,
-			                  w.sr.args[1], sizeof(struct stat));
-			break;
 
             /*
               glibc-2.14.90/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/time.S
diff --git a/kernel/syscall.c b/kernel/syscall.c
index 06cb4bd4..4a576ee4 100644
--- a/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -142,13 +142,6 @@ int do_syscall(struct syscall_request *req, ihk_mc_user_context_t *ctx)
 
 #define SYSCALL_FOOTER return do_syscall(&request, ctx)
 
-SYSCALL_DECLARE(fstat)
-{
-	SYSCALL_HEADER;
-	SYSCALL_ARGS_2(D, MO);
-	SYSCALL_FOOTER;
-}
-
 static int stop(void)
 {
 	while(1);
@@ -1082,7 +1075,6 @@ static long (*syscall_table[])(int, ihk_mc_user_context_t *) = {
 	[2] = sys_open,
 	[3] = sys_close,
 	[4] = sys_stat,
-	[5] = sys_fstat,
 	[8] = sys_lseek,
 	[9] = sys_mmap,
 	[10] = sys_mprotect,