diff --git a/compel/Makefile b/compel/Makefile
index 204e19f0c..159a3e1cc 100644
--- a/compel/Makefile
+++ b/compel/Makefile
@@ -33,29 +33,15 @@ CFLAGS			+= -DNO_RELOCS
 HOSTCFLAGS		+= -DNO_RELOCS
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
-obj-y			+= src/lib/handle-elf-32.o
-endif
-
 obj-y			+= src/main.o
 obj-y			+= arch/$(ARCH)/src/lib/handle-elf.o
 obj-y			+= src/lib/handle-elf.o
 
-ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
-CFLAGS_handle-elf-32.o += -UCONFIG_X86_64 -DCONFIG_X86_32
-CFLAGS_handle-elf-32.d += -UCONFIG_X86_64 -DCONFIG_X86_32
-endif
-
 host-ccflags-y		+= $(ccflags-y)
 
 hostprogs-y		+= compel-host-bin
 compel-host-bin-objs	:= $(patsubst %.o,%-host.o,$(obj-y) $(host-lib-y))
 
-ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
-HOSTCFLAGS_handle-elf-32-host.o += -UCONFIG_X86_64 -DCONFIG_X86_32
-HOSTCFLAGS_handle-elf-32-host.d += -UCONFIG_X86_64 -DCONFIG_X86_32
-endif
-
 cleanup-y		+= compel/compel
 cleanup-y		+= compel/compel-host-bin
 cleanup-y		+= compel/libcompel.so
diff --git a/compel/arch/x86/plugins/std/parasite-head-compat.S b/compel/arch/x86/plugins/std/parasite-head-compat.S
deleted file mode 100644
index f08cc1c3c..000000000
--- a/compel/arch/x86/plugins/std/parasite-head-compat.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#include "common/asm/linkage.h"
-
-	.section .head.text, "ax"
-
-#ifndef CONFIG_X86_32
-# error 32-bit parasite should compile with CONFIG_X86_32
-#endif
-
-ENTRY(__export_parasite_head_start)
-	subl	$16, %esp
-	andl	$~15, %esp
-	pushl	$0
-	movl	%esp, %ebp
-	call	1f
-1:	popl	%ecx
-	movl	(__export_parasite_cmd-1b)(%ecx), %eax
-	leal	(__export_parasite_args-1b)(%ecx), %edx
-	call	parasite_service
-	int	$0x03
-	.align 8
-GLOBAL(__export_parasite_cmd)
-	.long 0
-END(__export_parasite_head_start)
diff --git a/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/handle-elf.c b/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/handle-elf.c
index 38e27abd3..62fb28f49 100644
--- a/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/handle-elf.c
+++ b/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/handle-elf.c
@@ -12,17 +12,9 @@ elf_ident_64_le[EI_NIDENT] = {
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 };
 
-static const unsigned char __maybe_unused
-elf_ident_32[EI_NIDENT] = {
-	0x7f, 0x45, 0x4c, 0x46, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00,
-	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-};
-
 int handle_binary(void *mem, size_t size)
 {
-	if (memcmp(mem, elf_ident_32, sizeof(elf_ident_32)) == 0)
-		return handle_elf_x86_32(mem, size);
-	else if (memcmp(mem, elf_ident_64_le, sizeof(elf_ident_64_le)) == 0)
+	if (memcmp(mem, elf_ident_64_le, sizeof(elf_ident_64_le)) == 0)
 		return handle_elf_x86_64(mem, size);
 
 	pr_err("Unsupported Elf format detected\n");
diff --git a/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/include/handle-elf.h b/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/include/handle-elf.h
index bfc935a4e..08de8363f 100644
--- a/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/include/handle-elf.h
+++ b/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/include/handle-elf.h
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef COMPEL_HANDLE_ELF_H__
 #define COMPEL_HANDLE_ELF_H__
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-
-#include "elf32-types.h"
-
-#define ELF_X86_32
-
-#define __handle_elf				handle_elf_x86_32
-#define arch_is_machine_supported(e_machine)	(e_machine == EM_386)
-
-#else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
-
 #include "elf64-types.h"
 
 #define ELF_X86_64
@@ -19,8 +8,6 @@
 #define __handle_elf				handle_elf_x86_64
 #define arch_is_machine_supported(e_machine)	(e_machine == EM_X86_64)
 
-#endif
-
 extern int handle_elf_x86_32(void *mem, size_t size);
 extern int handle_elf_x86_64(void *mem, size_t size);
 
diff --git a/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/include/uapi/asm/infect-types.h b/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/include/uapi/asm/infect-types.h
index 55fcd8106..af42461ae 100644
--- a/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/include/uapi/asm/infect-types.h
+++ b/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/include/uapi/asm/infect-types.h
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ typedef struct {
 	uint32_t	ss;
 } user_regs_struct32;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 /*
  * To be sure that we rely on inited reg->__is_native, this member
  * is (short int) instead of initial (bool). The right way to
@@ -90,16 +89,6 @@ static inline bool user_regs_native(user_regs_struct_t *pregs)
 	((user_regs_native(pregs))		?	\
 	 ((pregs)->native.name = (val))		:	\
 	 ((pregs)->compat.name = (val)))
-#else
-typedef struct {
-	union {
-		user_regs_struct32 native;
-	};
-} user_regs_struct_t;
-#define user_regs_native(pregs)		true
-#define get_user_reg(pregs, name)	((pregs)->native.name)
-#define set_user_reg(pregs, name, val)	((pregs)->native.name = val)
-#endif
 
 #if 0
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/include/uapi/asm/sigframe.h b/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/include/uapi/asm/sigframe.h
index a939bbee1..21cd341c0 100644
--- a/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/include/uapi/asm/sigframe.h
+++ b/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/include/uapi/asm/sigframe.h
@@ -83,10 +83,6 @@ typedef struct compat_siginfo {
 	int	_pad[128/sizeof(int) - 3];
 } compat_siginfo_t;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-#define rt_sigframe_ia32		rt_sigframe
-#endif
-
 typedef struct compat_sigaltstack {
 	compat_uptr_t		ss_sp;
 	int			ss_flags;
@@ -106,11 +102,7 @@ struct rt_sigframe_ia32 {
 	int32_t			sig;
 	uint32_t		pinfo;
 	uint32_t		puc;
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	compat_siginfo_t	info;
-#else
-	struct rt_siginfo	info;
-#endif
 	struct ucontext_ia32	uc;
 	char			retcode[8];
 
@@ -118,7 +110,6 @@ struct rt_sigframe_ia32 {
 	fpu_state_t		fpu_state;
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 struct rt_sigframe_64 {
 	char			*pretcode;
 	struct rt_ucontext	uc;
@@ -194,24 +185,6 @@ do {									\
 	else								\
 		ARCH_RT_SIGRETURN_COMPAT(new_sp);			\
 } while (0)
-#else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
-#define RT_SIGFRAME_UC(rt_sigframe) (&rt_sigframe->uc)
-#define RT_SIGFRAME_OFFSET(rt_sigframe)	4
-#define RT_SIGFRAME_REGIP(rt_sigframe)					\
-	(unsigned long)(rt_sigframe)->uc.uc_mcontext.ip
-#define RT_SIGFRAME_FPU(rt_sigframe) (&(rt_sigframe)->fpu_state)
-#define RT_SIGFRAME_HAS_FPU(rt_sigframe) (RT_SIGFRAME_FPU(rt_sigframe)->has_fpu)
-
-#define ARCH_RT_SIGRETURN(new_sp, rt_sigframe)				\
-	asm volatile(							\
-		     "movl %0, %%eax				    \n"	\
-		     "movl %%eax, %%esp				    \n"	\
-		     "movl $"__stringify(__NR_rt_sigreturn)", %%eax \n" \
-		     "int $0x80					    \n"	\
-		     :							\
-		     : "r"(new_sp)					\
-		     : "eax","esp","memory")
-#endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
 
 int sigreturn_prep_fpu_frame(struct rt_sigframe *sigframe,
 		struct rt_sigframe *rsigframe);
diff --git a/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/infect.c b/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/infect.c
index 53f29cfbf..d86e0a811 100644
--- a/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/infect.c
+++ b/compel/arch/x86/src/lib/infect.c
@@ -425,14 +425,11 @@ int ptrace_set_regs(pid_t pid, user_regs_struct_t *regs)
 	return ptrace(PTRACE_SETREGSET, pid, NT_PRSTATUS, &iov);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-# define TASK_SIZE	((1UL << 47) - PAGE_SIZE)
-#else
+#define TASK_SIZE	((1UL << 47) - PAGE_SIZE)
 /*
  * Task size may be limited to 3G but we need a
  * higher limit, because it's backward compatible.
  */
-# define TASK_SIZE	(0xffffe000)
-#endif
+#define TASK_SIZE_IA32	(0xffffe000)
 
 unsigned long compel_task_size(void) { return TASK_SIZE; }
diff --git a/compel/src/lib/handle-elf-32-host.c b/compel/src/lib/handle-elf-32-host.c
deleted file mode 120000
index 126cd5984..000000000
--- a/compel/src/lib/handle-elf-32-host.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-handle-elf-32.c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compel/src/lib/handle-elf-32.c b/compel/src/lib/handle-elf-32.c
deleted file mode 120000
index fe4611886..000000000
--- a/compel/src/lib/handle-elf-32.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-handle-elf.c
\ No newline at end of file