diff --git a/src/Data/Macaw/CFG/Block.hs b/src/Data/Macaw/CFG/Block.hs
index 37c71ee9..091bc34f 100644
--- a/src/Data/Macaw/CFG/Block.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Macaw/CFG/Block.hs
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ data TermStmt arch ids
   = FetchAndExecute !(RegState (ArchReg arch) (Value arch ids))
     -- | Branch and execute one block or another.
   | Branch !(Value arch ids BoolType) !Word64 !Word64
-    -- | The syscall instruction.
-    -- We model system calls as terminal instructions because from the
-    -- application perspective, the semantics will depend on the operating
-    -- system.
-  | Syscall !(RegState (ArchReg arch) (Value arch ids))
     -- | The block ended prematurely due to an error in instruction
     -- decoding or translation.
     --
@@ -58,9 +53,6 @@ instance ArchConstraints arch
     indent 2 (pretty s)
   pretty (Branch c x y) =
     text "branch" <+> ppValue 0 c <+> text (show x) <+> text (show y)
-  pretty (Syscall s) =
-    text "syscall" <$$>
-    indent 2 (pretty s)
   pretty (TranslateError s msg) =
     text "ERROR: " <+> text (Text.unpack msg) <$$>
     indent 2 (pretty s)
diff --git a/src/Data/Macaw/Discovery.hs b/src/Data/Macaw/Discovery.hs
index c4339ed2..88fb22d8 100644
--- a/src/Data/Macaw/Discovery.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Macaw/Discovery.hs
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ rewriteTermStmt info tstmt = do
               pure $ Branch cn f t
           | otherwise ->
               pure $ Branch tgtCond t f
-    Syscall regs ->
-      Syscall <$> traverseF rewriteValue regs
     TranslateError regs msg ->
       TranslateError <$> traverseF rewriteValue regs
                      <*> pure msg
@@ -229,8 +227,6 @@ addTermDemands t = do
       traverseF_ addValueDemands regs
     Branch v _ _ -> do
       addValueDemands v
-    Syscall regs -> do
-      traverseF_ addValueDemands regs
     TranslateError regs _ -> do
       traverseF_ addValueDemands regs
     ArchTermStmt _ regs -> do
@@ -768,23 +764,6 @@ parseBlock ctx b regs = do
                             , stmtsAbsState = absProcState'
                             }
 
-    Syscall s' -> do
-      mapM_ (recordWriteStmt arch_info mem absProcState') (blockStmts b)
-      let abst = finalAbsBlockState absProcState' s'
-      case concretizeAbsCodePointers mem (abst^.absRegState^.curIP) of
-        [] -> error "Could not identify concrete system call address"
-        [addr] -> do
-          -- Merge system call result with possible next IPs.
-          let post = archPostSyscallAbsState arch_info abst addr
-
-          intraJumpTargets %= ((addr, post):)
-          pure $! StatementList { stmtsIdent = idx
-                                , stmtsNonterm = blockStmts b
-                                , stmtsTerm  = ParsedSyscall s' addr
-                                , stmtsAbsState = absProcState'
-                                }
-        _ -> error "Multiple system call addresses."
-
     FetchAndExecute s' -> do
       parseFetchAndExecute ctx idx (blockStmts b) regs s'
 
diff --git a/src/Data/Macaw/Discovery/State.hs b/src/Data/Macaw/Discovery/State.hs
index ba3dd2ce..75caf335 100644
--- a/src/Data/Macaw/Discovery/State.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Macaw/Discovery/State.hs
@@ -168,9 +168,6 @@ data ParsedTermStmt arch ids
      -- ^ A return with the given registers.
    | ParsedIte !(Value arch ids BoolType) !(StatementList arch ids) !(StatementList arch ids)
      -- ^ An if-then-else
-   | ParsedSyscall !(RegState (ArchReg arch) (Value arch ids))
-                   !(ArchSegmentOff arch)
-     -- ^ A system call with the registers prior to call and given return address.
    | ParsedArchTermStmt !(ArchTermStmt arch ids)
                         !(RegState (ArchReg arch) (Value arch ids))
                         !(ArchSegmentOff arch)
@@ -217,9 +214,6 @@ ppTermStmt ppOff tstmt =
       text "ite" <+> pretty c <$$>
       ppStatementList ppOff t <$$>
       ppStatementList ppOff f
-    ParsedSyscall s addr ->
-      text "syscall, return to" <+> text (show addr) <$$>
-      indent 2 (pretty s)
     ParsedArchTermStmt ts s addr ->
       prettyF ts <> text ", return to" <+> text (show addr) <$$>
       indent 2 (pretty s)
@@ -254,51 +248,6 @@ data StatementList arch ids
 deriving instance ArchConstraints arch
   => Show (StatementList arch ids)
 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Rewriting parsed blocks
-
-{-
--- | Apply optimizations to a parsed terminal statement.
-rewriteParsedTermStmt :: ParsedTermStmt arch src -> Rewriter arch src tgt (ParsedTermStmt arch tgt)
-rewriteParsedTermStmt tstmt =
-  case tstmt of
-    ParsedCall regs mr -> do
-      ParsedCall <$> traverseF rewriteValue regs
-                 <*> pure mr
-    ParsedJump regs a -> do
-      ParsedJump <$> traverseF rewriteValue regs
-                 <*> pure a
-    ParsedLookupTable regs idx tbl -> do
-      ParsedLookupTable <$> traverseF rewriteValue regs
-                        <*> rewriteValue idx
-                        <*> pure tbl
-    ParsedReturn regs -> do
-      ParsedReturn <$> traverseF rewriteValue regs
-    ParsedIte c t f ->
-      ParsedIte <$> rewriteValue c
-                <*> rewriteStatementList t
-                <*> rewriteStatementList f
-    ParsedSyscall regs next ->
-      ParsedSyscall <$> traverseF rewriteValue regs
-                    <*> pure next
-    ParsedTranslateError txt -> pure (ParsedTranslateError txt)
-    ClassifyFailure regs -> ClassifyFailure <$> traverseF rewriteValue regs
-
--- | Apply optimizations to code in the block
-rewriteStatementList :: StatementList arch src -> Rewriter arch src tgt (StatementList arch tgt)
-rewriteStatementList b = do
-  (tgtStmts, tgtTermStmt) <- collectRewrittenStmts $ do
-    mapM_ rewriteStmt (stmtsNonterm b)
-    rewriteParsedTermStmt (stmtsTerm b)
-  -- Return new block
-  pure $
-    StatementList { stmtsIdent = stmtsIdent b
-                  , stmtsNonterm = tgtStmts
-                  , stmtsTerm  = tgtTermStmt
-                  ,
-                  }
--}
-
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- ParsedBlock