diff --git a/arch/x86/getcontext.S b/arch/x86/getcontext.S
index 99f9a3f..a19062c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/getcontext.S
+++ b/arch/x86/getcontext.S
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ __getcontext:
 	movw	%fs, %cx
 	movl	%ecx, OFFSET_REG_FS(%eax)
 
-	/* we need to restore %ecx because we clobbered it earlier */	
-	movl	OFFSET_REG_ECX(%eax), %ecx
-
 	/* we're all done here, return 0 */
 	xorl	%eax, %eax
 	ret
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/getcontext.S b/arch/x86_64/getcontext.S
index 95ad41f..7e56a1a 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/getcontext.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/getcontext.S
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ __getcontext:
 	leaq	8(%rsp), %rcx
 	movq	%rcx, 160(%rdi)
 
-	/* we need to restore %rcx because we clobbered it earlier */	
-	movq	152(%rdi), %rcx
-
 	/* we're all done here, return 0 */
 	xorl	%eax, %eax
 	ret