diff --git a/manual/signal.texi b/manual/signal.texi
index 9577ff0..46696af 100644
--- a/manual/signal.texi
+++ b/manual/signal.texi
@@ -2461,6 +2461,11 @@ well.  (In addition, it's not wise to put into your program an
 assumption that the system has no signals aside from the ones you know
 about.)
 
+On Linux pthreads internally uses some signals to implement asynchronous
+cancellation, effective ID synchronization for POSIX conformance, and
+posix timer management.  These signals are filtered out on signal set
+function manipulation.
+
 @deftypefun int sigemptyset (sigset_t *@var{set})
 @standards{POSIX.1, signal.h}
 @safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}}
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sigprocmask.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sigprocmask.c
deleted file mode 100644
index ebec70c..0000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sigprocmask.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1993-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-   Contributed by David Mosberger (davidm@azstarnet.com).
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library.  If not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <sysdep.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-
-/* When there is kernel support for more than 64 signals, we'll have to
-   switch to a new system call convention here.  */
-
-int
-__sigprocmask (int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oset)
-{
-  unsigned long int setval;
-  long result;
-
-  if (set)
-    setval = set->__val[0];
-  else
-    {
-      setval = 0;
-      how = SIG_BLOCK;	/* ensure blocked mask doesn't get changed */
-    }
-
-  result = INLINE_SYSCALL (osf_sigprocmask, 2, how, setval);
-  if (result == -1)
-    /* If there are ever more than 63 signals, we need to recode this
-       in assembler since we wouldn't be able to distinguish a mask of
-       all 1s from -1, but for now, we're doing just fine... */
-    return result;
-
-  if (oset)
-    {
-      oset->__val[0] = result;
-      result = _SIGSET_NWORDS;
-      while (--result > 0)
-	oset->__val[result] = 0;
-    }
-  return 0;
-}
-
-libc_hidden_def (__sigprocmask)
-weak_alias (__sigprocmask, sigprocmask);
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/sigprocmask.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/sigprocmask.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 920c5fd..0000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/sigprocmask.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1997-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-   Linux/IA64 specific sigprocmask
-   Written by Jes Sorensen, <Jes.Sorensen@cern.ch>, April 1999.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-/* Linux/ia64 only has rt signals, thus we do not even want to try falling
-   back to the old style signals as the default Linux handler does. */
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include <sysdep.h>
-#include <sys/syscall.h>
-
-/* Get and/or change the set of blocked signals.  */
-int
-__sigprocmask (int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oset)
-{
-
-  /* XXX The size argument hopefully will have to be changed to the
-     real size of the user-level sigset_t.  */
-  return INLINE_SYSCALL (rt_sigprocmask, 4, how, set, oset, _NSIG / 8);
-}
-libc_hidden_def (__sigprocmask)
-weak_alias (__sigprocmask, sigprocmask)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nptl-signals.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nptl-signals.h
index f30c597..6afd3fe 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nptl-signals.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nptl-signals.h
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
 #define SIGSETXID       (__SIGRTMIN + 1)
 
 
+static inline bool
+__nptl_has_internal_signal (const sigset_t *set)
+{
+  return __sigismember (set, SIGCANCEL) || __sigismember (set, SIGSETXID);
+}
+
 /* Return is sig is used internally.  */
 static inline int
 __nptl_is_internal_signal (int sig)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/sigprocmask.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/sigprocmask.c
deleted file mode 100644
index a8010e7..0000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/sigprocmask.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2001-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-/* 64 bit Linux for S/390 only has rt signals, thus we do not even want to try
-   falling back to the old style signals as the default Linux handler does. */
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include <sysdep.h>
-#include <sys/syscall.h>
-
-/* Get and/or change the set of blocked signals.  */
-int
-__sigprocmask (int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oset)
-{
-
-  /* XXX The size argument hopefully will have to be changed to the
-     real size of the user-level sigset_t.  */
-  return INLINE_SYSCALL (rt_sigprocmask, 4, how, set, oset, _NSIG / 8);
-}
-libc_hidden_def (__sigprocmask)
-weak_alias (__sigprocmask, sigprocmask)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sigprocmask.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sigprocmask.c
index e776563..d14fc5c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sigprocmask.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sigprocmask.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1997-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Get and/or change the set of blocked signals.  Linux version.
+   Copyright (C) 1997-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -17,34 +18,22 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <signal.h>
-#include <string.h>  /* Needed for string function builtin redirection.  */
-#include <unistd.h>
+#include <nptl-signals.h>
 
-#include <sysdep.h>
-#include <sys/syscall.h>
 
-#include <nptl/pthreadP.h>              /* SIGCANCEL, SIGSETXID */
-
-
-/* Get and/or change the set of blocked signals.  */
 int
 __sigprocmask (int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oset)
 {
   sigset_t local_newmask;
 
-  /* The only thing we have to make sure here is that SIGCANCEL and
-     SIGSETXID are not blocked.  */
-  if (set != NULL
-      && (__builtin_expect (__sigismember (set, SIGCANCEL), 0)
-	  || __builtin_expect (__sigismember (set, SIGSETXID), 0)))
+  if (set != NULL && __glibc_unlikely (__nptl_has_internal_signal (set)))
     {
       local_newmask = *set;
-      __sigdelset (&local_newmask, SIGCANCEL);
-      __sigdelset (&local_newmask, SIGSETXID);
+      __nptl_clear_internal_signals (&local_newmask);
       set = &local_newmask;
     }
 
-  return INLINE_SYSCALL (rt_sigprocmask, 4, how, set, oset, _NSIG / 8);
+  return INLINE_SYSCALL_CALL (rt_sigprocmask, how, set, oset, _NSIG / 8);
 }
 libc_hidden_def (__sigprocmask)
 weak_alias (__sigprocmask, sigprocmask)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/sigprocmask.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/sigprocmask.c
deleted file mode 100644
index ef7d7fe..0000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/sigprocmask.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1997-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include <sysdep.h>
-#include <sys/syscall.h>
-
-/* Get and/or change the set of blocked signals.  */
-int
-__sigprocmask (int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oset)
-{
-  /* XXX The size argument hopefully will have to be changed to the
-     real size of the user-level sigset_t.  */
-  return INLINE_SYSCALL (rt_sigprocmask, 4, how, set, oset, _NSIG / 8);
-}
-libc_hidden_def (__sigprocmask)
-weak_alias (__sigprocmask, sigprocmask)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/sigprocmask.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/sigprocmask.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 1610ddf..0000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/sigprocmask.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1997-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-   Written by Jes Sorensen, <Jes.Sorensen@cern.ch>, April 1999.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-/* Linux/x86_64 only has rt signals, thus we do not even want to try falling
-   back to the old style signals as the default Linux handler does. */
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include <sysdep.h>
-#include <sys/syscall.h>
-
-/* Get and/or change the set of blocked signals.  */
-int
-__sigprocmask (int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oset)
-{
-
-  /* XXX The size argument hopefully will have to be changed to the
-     real size of the user-level sigset_t.  */
-  return INLINE_SYSCALL (rt_sigprocmask, 4, how, set, oset, _NSIG / 8);
-}
-libc_hidden_def (__sigprocmask)
-weak_alias (__sigprocmask, sigprocmask)
