diff --git a/share/templates.d/99-generic/live/ppc.tmpl b/share/templates.d/99-generic/live/ppc.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 3923f472..00000000
--- a/share/templates.d/99-generic/live/ppc.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-<%page args="kernels, runtime_img, basearch, libdir, inroot, outroot, product, isolabel"/>
-<%
-configdir="tmp/config_files/ppc"
-BOOTDIR="ppc"
-GRUBDIR="boot/grub"
-LIVEDIR="LiveOS"
-MACDIR=BOOTDIR+"/mac"
-NETBOOTDIR="images/netboot"
-LORAXDIR="usr/share/lorax/"
-
-WRAPPER="usr/sbin/wrapper"
-WRAPPER_DATA="usr/"+libdir+"/kernel-wrapper"
-
-prepboot = ""
-
-## NOTE: yaboot freaks out and stops parsing its config if it sees a '\',
-## so we can't use the udev escape sequences in the root arg.
-## Instead we'll just replace any non-ASCII characters in the isolabel
-## with '_', which means we won't need any udev escapes.
-isolabel = ''.join(ch if ch.isalnum() else '_' for ch in isolabel)
-
-from os.path import basename
-%>
-
-## Test ${runtime_img} to see if udf is needed
-<%
-    import os
-    from pylorax.sysutils import joinpaths
-    if os.stat(joinpaths(inroot, runtime_img)).st_size >= 4*1024**3:
-        udfargs = "-allow-limited-size"
-    else:
-        udfargs = ""
-%>
-
-mkdir ${LIVEDIR}
-install ${runtime_img} ${LIVEDIR}/squashfs.img
-treeinfo stage2 mainimage ${LIVEDIR}/squashfs.img
-
-## install bootloaders.
-## NOTE: there's two different bootloader setups here:
-##   ppc/chrp: for normal PPC systems. needs 'addnote' run on yaboot.
-##             uses /etc/yaboot.conf, as is the default.
-##   ppc/mac: for PowerMacs. no 'addnote' (it breaks some Macs!)
-##            ofboot.b picks one of /ppc/ppc{32,64}/yaboot.conf for yaboot,
-##            thus automatically booting the correct kernel for the machine.
-mkdir ${BOOTDIR}
-## boot stuff for normal (CHRP/PREP) PPC systems
-install ${configdir}/bootinfo.txt ${BOOTDIR}
-
-mkdir ${GRUBDIR}/powerpc-ieee1275
-runcmd grub2-mkimage -O powerpc-ieee1275 -d  /usr/lib/grub/powerpc-ieee1275 -p '()/boot/grub' \
--o ${outroot}/${GRUBDIR}/powerpc-ieee1275/core.elf iso9660 ext2 ofnet net tftp http
-install /usr/lib/grub/powerpc-ieee1275/*.mod ${GRUBDIR}/powerpc-ieee1275
-install /usr/lib/grub/powerpc-ieee1275/*.lst ${GRUBDIR}/powerpc-ieee1275
-
-
-install ${configdir}/grub.cfg.in     ${GRUBDIR}/grub.cfg
-replace @PRODUCT@ '${product.name}'  ${GRUBDIR}/grub.cfg
-replace @VERSION@ ${product.version} ${GRUBDIR}/grub.cfg
-replace @ROOT@ 'root=live:CDLABEL=${isolabel|udev}' ${GRUBDIR}/grub.cfg
-
-install ${configdir}/mapping ${BOOTDIR}
-
-## NOTE: PPC is kind of funky. There's three possible "arch" setups here:
-## ppc, ppc64, ppc64le and 'hybrid' (ppc userspace, both ppc & ppc64 kernels).
-
-## Install kernel and bootloader config (in separate places for each arch)
-%for kernel in kernels:
-    <%
-      bits = 64 if kernel.arch in ("ppc64", "ppc64le") else 32
-      ## separate dirs/images for each arch
-      KERNELDIR=BOOTDIR+"/ppc%s" % bits
-      NETIMG=NETBOOTDIR+"/ppc%s.img" % bits
-    %>
-    ## install kernel
-    mkdir ${KERNELDIR} ${NETBOOTDIR}
-    installkernel images-${kernel.arch} ${kernel.path} ${KERNELDIR}/vmlinuz
-    installinitrd images-${kernel.arch} ${kernel.initrd.path} ${KERNELDIR}/initrd.img
-
-    ## kernel-wrapper magic that makes the netboot combined ppc{32,64}.img
-    runcmd ${inroot}/${WRAPPER} -p of \
-           -D ${inroot}/${WRAPPER_DATA} \
-           -i ${outroot}/${KERNELDIR}/initrd.img \
-              ${outroot}/${KERNELDIR}/vmlinuz \
-           -o ${outroot}/${NETIMG}
-    treeinfo images-${kernel.arch} zimage ${NETIMG}
-    ## PReP is 32-bit only
-    %if bits == 32:
-        ## Yes, this is supposed to be a relative path
-        <% prepboot="-prep-boot " + NETIMG %>
-    %endif
-%endfor
-
-# Create optional product.img and updates.img
-<% filegraft=""; images=["product", "updates"] %>
-%for img in images:
-    %if exists("%s/%s/" % (LORAXDIR, img)):
-        installimg ${LORAXDIR}/${img}/ images/${img}.img
-        treeinfo images-${basearch} ${img}.img images/${img}.img
-        <% filegraft += " images/{0}.img={1}/images/{0}.img".format(img, outroot) %>
-    %endif
-%endfor
-
-# Add the license files
-%for f in glob("/usr/share/licenses/*-release/*"):
-    install ${f} ${f|basename}
-    <% filegraft += " {0}={1}/{0}".format(basename(f), outroot) %>
-%endfor
-
-## make boot.iso
-runcmd mkisofs -o ${outroot}/images/boot.iso -chrp-boot -U \
-        ${prepboot} -part -hfs -T -r -l -J \
-        -A "${product.name} ${product.version}" -sysid PPC -V '${isolabel}' \
-        -volset "${product.version}" -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 \
-        -hfs-volid ${product.version} -hfs-bless ${outroot}/${MACDIR} \
-        -map ${inroot}/${configdir}/mapping \
-        -no-desktop -allow-multidot ${udfargs} \
-        -graft-points \
-        ${BOOTDIR}=${outroot}/${BOOTDIR} \
-        ${GRUBDIR}=${outroot}/${GRUBDIR} \
-        ${NETBOOTDIR}=${outroot}/${NETBOOTDIR} \
-        ${LIVEDIR}=${outroot}/${LIVEDIR} ${filegraft}
-
-%for kernel in kernels:
-    treeinfo images-${kernel.arch} boot.iso images/boot.iso
-%endfor
diff --git a/share/templates.d/99-generic/ppc.tmpl b/share/templates.d/99-generic/ppc.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 2faf3645..00000000
--- a/share/templates.d/99-generic/ppc.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-<%page args="kernels, runtime_img, basearch, libdir, inroot, outroot, product, isolabel"/>
-<%
-configdir="tmp/config_files/ppc"
-BOOTDIR="ppc"
-GRUBDIR="boot/grub"
-STAGE2IMG="images/install.img"
-MACDIR=GRUBDIR+"/powerpc-ieee1275"
-LORAXDIR="usr/share/lorax/"
-
-## NOTE: yaboot freaks out and stops parsing its config if it sees a '\',
-## so we can't use the udev escape sequences in the root arg.
-## Instead we'll just replace any non-ASCII characters in the isolabel
-## with '_', which means we won't need any udev escapes.
-isolabel = ''.join(ch if ch.isalnum() else '_' for ch in isolabel)
-
-## Anaconda finds the CDROM device automatically
-rootarg = ""
-
-from os.path import basename
-%>
-
-## Test ${runtime_img} to see if udf is needed
-<%
-    import os
-    from pylorax.sysutils import joinpaths
-    if os.stat(joinpaths(inroot, runtime_img)).st_size >= 4*1024**3:
-        udfargs = "-allow-limited-size"
-    else:
-        udfargs = ""
-%>
-
-mkdir images
-install ${runtime_img} ${STAGE2IMG}
-treeinfo stage2 mainimage ${STAGE2IMG}
-
-## install bootloaders.
-## NOTE: there's two different bootloader setups here:
-##   ppc/chrp: for normal PPC systems. needs 'addnote' run on yaboot.
-##             uses /etc/yaboot.conf, as is the default.
-##   ppc/mac: for PowerMacs. no 'addnote' (it breaks some Macs!)
-##            ofboot.b picks one of /ppc/ppc{32,64}/yaboot.conf for yaboot,
-##            thus automatically booting the correct kernel for the machine.
-mkdir ${BOOTDIR}
-## boot stuff for normal (CHRP/PREP) PPC systems
-install ${configdir}/bootinfo.txt ${BOOTDIR}
-
-mkdir ${GRUBDIR}/powerpc-ieee1275
-## "()" means the current device to grub2
-runcmd grub2-mkimage --format=powerpc-ieee1275 --directory=/usr/lib/grub/powerpc-ieee1275 --prefix="()/"${GRUBDIR} \
---output=${outroot}/${GRUBDIR}/powerpc-ieee1275/core.elf iso9660 ext2 ofnet net tftp http
-install /usr/lib/grub/powerpc-ieee1275/*.mod ${GRUBDIR}/powerpc-ieee1275
-install /usr/lib/grub/powerpc-ieee1275/*.lst ${GRUBDIR}/powerpc-ieee1275
-
-install ${configdir}/grub.cfg.in     ${GRUBDIR}/grub.cfg
-replace @PRODUCT@ '${product.name}'  ${GRUBDIR}/grub.cfg
-replace @VERSION@ ${product.version} ${GRUBDIR}/grub.cfg
-replace @ROOT@    "${rootarg}"       ${GRUBDIR}/grub.cfg
-
-install ${configdir}/mapping ${BOOTDIR}
-
-## NOTE: PPC is kind of funky. There's three possible "arch" setups here:
-## ppc, ppc64, ppc64le, and 'hybrid' (ppc userspace, both ppc & ppc64 kernels).
-
-## Install kernel and bootloader config (in separate places for each arch)
-%for kernel in kernels:
-    <%
-      bits = 64
-      ## separate dirs/images for each arch
-      KERNELDIR=BOOTDIR+"/ppc%s" % bits
-    %>
-    ## install kernel
-    mkdir ${KERNELDIR}
-    installkernel images-${kernel.arch} ${kernel.path} ${KERNELDIR}/vmlinuz
-    installinitrd images-${kernel.arch} ${kernel.initrd.path} ${KERNELDIR}/initrd.img
-
-    treeinfo images-${kernel.arch} zimage
-%endfor
-
-# Create optional product.img and updates.img
-<% filegraft=""; images=["product", "updates"] %>
-%for img in images:
-    %if exists("%s/%s/" % (LORAXDIR, img)):
-        installimg ${LORAXDIR}/${img}/ images/${img}.img
-        treeinfo images-${basearch} ${img}.img images/${img}.img
-        <% filegraft += " images/{0}.img={1}/images/{0}.img".format(img, outroot) %>
-    %endif
-%endfor
-
-# Inherit iso-graft/ if it exists from external templates
-<%
-    import os
-    if os.path.exists(workdir + "/iso-graft"):
-        filegraft += " " + workdir + "/iso-graft"
-%>
-
-# Add the license files
-%for f in glob("/usr/share/licenses/*-release/*"):
-    install ${f} ${f|basename}
-    <% filegraft += " {0}={1}/{0}".format(basename(f), outroot) %>
-%endfor
-
-## make boot.iso
-runcmd mkisofs -o ${outroot}/images/boot.iso -chrp-boot -U \
-        -part -hfs -T -r -l -J \
-        -A "${product.name} ${product.version}" -sysid PPC -V '${isolabel}' \
-        -volset "${product.version}" -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 \
-        -hfs-volid ${product.version} -hfs-bless ${outroot}/${MACDIR} \
-        -map ${inroot}/${configdir}/mapping \
-        -no-desktop -allow-multidot ${udfargs} -graft-points \
-        ${BOOTDIR}=${outroot}/${BOOTDIR} \
-        ${GRUBDIR}=${outroot}/${GRUBDIR} \
-        ${STAGE2IMG}=${outroot}/${STAGE2IMG} ${filegraft}
-
-%for kernel in kernels:
-    treeinfo images-${kernel.arch} boot.iso images/boot.iso
-%endfor
diff --git a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
index 7ac4255c..03f7525c 100644
--- a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
+++ b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ remove usr/share/i18n
 
 ## not required packages installed as dependencies
 ## perl is needed on s390x
-## perl needed for powerpc-utils and fbset on PPC
+## perl needed for powerpc-utils
 ## perl is needed by /usr/bin/rxe_cfg from libibverbs
 
 ## no sound support, thanks
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ removefrom ncurses /usr/bin/captoinfo /usr/bin/infocmp /usr/bin/infotocap
 removefrom ncurses /usr/bin/reset /usr/bin/tabs /usr/bin/tic /usr/bin/toe
 removefrom ncurses /usr/bin/tput /usr/bin/tset
 removefrom ncurses-libs /usr/${libdir}/libform*
-## libmenu.so is needed by lp_diag binary from ppc64-diag which is a PowerPc specific package
-%if basearch not in ("ppc", "ppc64", "ppc64le"):
+## libmenu.so is needed by lp_diag binary from ppc64-diag which is a PowerPC specific package
+%if basearch not in ("ppc64le"):
     removefrom ncurses-libs /usr/${libdir}/libmenu*
 %endif
 removefrom ncurses-libs /usr/${libdir}/libpanel.* /usr/${libdir}/libtic*
diff --git a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-install.tmpl b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-install.tmpl
index 9cc4bec3..1997b396 100644
--- a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-install.tmpl
+++ b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-install.tmpl
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ installpkg glibc-all-langpacks
     installpkg biosdevname memtest86+ syslinux
     installpkg grub2-tools grub2-tools-minimal grub2-tools-extra
 %endif
-%if basearch in ("ppc", "ppc64", "ppc64le"):
-    installpkg hfsutils powerpc-utils lsvpd ppc64-diag
+%if basearch in ("ppc64le"):
+    installpkg powerpc-utils lsvpd ppc64-diag
     installpkg grub2-tools grub2-tools-minimal grub2-tools-extra
     installpkg grub2-${basearch}
 %endif
diff --git a/src/pylorax/__init__.py b/src/pylorax/__init__.py
index 3d7a553a..665007b9 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/__init__.py
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ DRACUT_DEFAULT = ["--xz", "--install", "/.buildstamp", "--no-early-microcode", "
 DEFAULT_PLATFORM_ID = "platform:f30"
 
 class ArchData(DataHolder):
-    lib64_arches = ("x86_64", "ppc64", "ppc64le", "s390x", "ia64", "aarch64")
+    lib64_arches = ("x86_64", "ppc64le", "s390x", "ia64", "aarch64")
     bcj_arch = dict(i386="x86", x86_64="x86",
-                    ppc="powerpc", ppc64="powerpc", ppc64le="powerpc",
+                    ppc64le="powerpc",
                     arm="arm", armhfp="arm")
 
     def __init__(self, buildarch):
diff --git a/src/pylorax/installer.py b/src/pylorax/installer.py
index aab98d9b..f377f943 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/installer.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/installer.py
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ class QEMUInstall(object):
                  "i386":    "qemu-system-i386",
                  "arm":     "qemu-system-arm",
                  "aarch64": "qemu-system-aarch64",
-                 "ppc":     "qemu-system-ppc",
-                 "ppc64":   "qemu-system-ppc64",
                  "ppc64le":   "qemu-system-ppc64"
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py b/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py
index b1e277ac..1b52bab2 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ from pylorax.executils import runcmd, runcmd_output, execWithCapture
 templatemap = {
     'i386':    'x86.tmpl',
     'x86_64':  'x86.tmpl',
-    'ppc':     'ppc.tmpl',
-    'ppc64':   'ppc.tmpl',
     'ppc64le': 'ppc64le.tmpl',
     's390':    's390.tmpl',
     's390x':   's390.tmpl',