diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/Makefile b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/Makefile
index 3d153cac35..86c6ecdfc1 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/Makefile
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ sysdep_routines += \
   strcpy-sse2 \
   strcpy-sse2-unaligned \
   strcspn-c \
-  strcspn-sse2 \
+  strcspn-c-sse4 \
   strlen-avx2 \
   strlen-avx2-rtm \
   strlen-evex \
@@ -109,21 +109,22 @@ sysdep_routines += \
   strnlen-evex512 \
   strnlen-sse2 \
   strpbrk-c \
-  strpbrk-sse2 \
+  strpbrk-c-sse4 \
   strrchr-avx2 \
   strrchr-avx2-rtm \
   strrchr-evex \
   strrchr-sse2 \
   strspn-c \
-  strspn-sse2 \
+  strspn-c-sse4 \
   strstr-avx512 \
   strstr-sse2-unaligned \
   varshift \
 # sysdep_routines
-CFLAGS-varshift.c += -msse4
-CFLAGS-strcspn-c.c += -msse4
-CFLAGS-strpbrk-c.c += -msse4
-CFLAGS-strspn-c.c += -msse4
+
+CFLAGS-strcspn-c-sse4.c += -msse4
+CFLAGS-strpbrk-c-sse4.c += -msse4
+CFLAGS-strspn-c-sse4.c += -msse4
+
 CFLAGS-strstr-avx512.c += -mavx512f -mavx512vl -mavx512dq -mavx512bw -mbmi -mbmi2 -O3
 endif
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
index 58f3ec8306..4cbd200d39 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
 			      __stpncpy_evex)
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, stpncpy, 1,
 			      __stpncpy_sse2_unaligned)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, stpncpy, 1, __stpncpy_sse2))
+	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, stpncpy, 1, __stpncpy_generic))
 
   /* Support sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/stpcpy.c.  */
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, stpcpy,
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, strcspn,
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strcspn, CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (SSE4_2),
 			      __strcspn_sse42)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strcspn, 1, __strcspn_sse2))
+	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strcspn, 1, __strcspn_generic))
 
   /* Support sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncase_l.c.  */
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, strncasecmp,
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
 			      __strncat_evex)
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strncat, 1,
 			      __strncat_sse2_unaligned)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strncat, 1, __strncat_sse2))
+	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strncat, 1, __strncat_generic))
 
   /* Support sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncpy.c.  */
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, strncpy,
@@ -601,20 +601,20 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
 			      __strncpy_evex)
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strncpy, 1,
 			      __strncpy_sse2_unaligned)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strncpy, 1, __strncpy_sse2))
+	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strncpy, 1, __strncpy_generic))
 
   /* Support sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strpbrk.c.  */
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, strpbrk,
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strpbrk, CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (SSE4_2),
 			      __strpbrk_sse42)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strpbrk, 1, __strpbrk_sse2))
+	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strpbrk, 1, __strpbrk_generic))
 
 
   /* Support sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strspn.c.  */
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, strspn,
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strspn, CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (SSE4_2),
 			      __strspn_sse42)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strspn, 1, __strspn_sse2))
+	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strspn, 1, __strspn_generic))
 
   /* Support sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strstr.c.  */
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, strstr,
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, wcscpy,
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcscpy, CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (SSSE3),
 			      __wcscpy_ssse3)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcscpy, 1, __wcscpy_sse2))
+	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcscpy, 1, __wcscpy_generic))
 
   /* Support sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcslen.c.  */
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, wcslen,
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcsnlen,
 			      CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (SSE4_1),
 			      __wcsnlen_sse4_1)
-	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcsnlen, 1, __wcsnlen_sse2))
+	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, wcsnlen, 1, __wcsnlen_generic))
 
   /* Support sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wmemchr.c.  */
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, wmemchr,
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-sse4_2.h b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-sse4_2.h
index b555ff2fac..ee36525bcf 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-sse4_2.h
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-sse4_2.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <init-arch.h>
 
-extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (sse2) attribute_hidden;
+extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (generic) attribute_hidden;
 extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (sse42) attribute_hidden;
 
 static inline void *
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ IFUNC_SELECTOR (void)
   if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, SSE4_2))
     return OPTIMIZE (sse42);
 
-  return OPTIMIZE (sse2);
+  return OPTIMIZE (generic);
 }
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-strcpy.h b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-strcpy.h
index a15afa44e9..80529458d1 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-strcpy.h
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-strcpy.h
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@
 
 #include <init-arch.h>
 
-extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (sse2) attribute_hidden;
+#ifndef GENERIC
+# define GENERIC sse2
+#endif
+
+extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (GENERIC) attribute_hidden;
 extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (sse2_unaligned)
   attribute_hidden;
 extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (avx2) attribute_hidden;
@@ -49,5 +53,5 @@ IFUNC_SELECTOR (void)
   if (CPU_FEATURES_ARCH_P (cpu_features, Fast_Unaligned_Load))
     return OPTIMIZE (sse2_unaligned);
 
-  return OPTIMIZE (sse2);
+  return OPTIMIZE (GENERIC);
 }
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-wcslen.h b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-wcslen.h
index 2b29e7608a..88c1c502af 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-wcslen.h
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-wcslen.h
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@
 
 #include <init-arch.h>
 
-extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (sse2) attribute_hidden;
+#ifndef GENERIC
+# define GENERIC sse2
+#endif
+
+extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (GENERIC) attribute_hidden;
 extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (sse4_1) attribute_hidden;
 extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (avx2) attribute_hidden;
 extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (avx2_rtm) attribute_hidden;
@@ -48,5 +52,5 @@ IFUNC_SELECTOR (void)
   if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, SSE4_1))
     return OPTIMIZE (sse4_1);
 
-  return OPTIMIZE (sse2);
+  return OPTIMIZE (GENERIC);
 }
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/stpncpy-c.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/stpncpy-c.c
index b016e487e1..eb62fcf388 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/stpncpy-c.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/stpncpy-c.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#define STPNCPY __stpncpy_sse2
+#define STPNCPY __stpncpy_generic
 #undef weak_alias
 #define weak_alias(ignored1, ignored2)
 #undef libc_hidden_def
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/stpncpy.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/stpncpy.c
index 82fa53957d..879bc83f0b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/stpncpy.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/stpncpy.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 # undef stpncpy
 # undef __stpncpy
 
+# define GENERIC generic
 # define SYMBOL_NAME stpncpy
 # include "ifunc-strcpy.h"
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcspn-c-sse4.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcspn-c-sse4.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59f64f9fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcspn-c-sse4.c
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+/* strcspn with SSE4.2 intrinsics
+   Copyright (C) 2009-2022 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
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <nmmintrin.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "varshift.h"
+
+/* We use 0x2:
+	_SIDD_SBYTE_OPS
+	| _SIDD_CMP_EQUAL_ANY
+	| _SIDD_POSITIVE_POLARITY
+	| _SIDD_LEAST_SIGNIFICANT
+   on pcmpistri to compare xmm/mem128
+
+   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
+   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
+
+   against xmm
+
+   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
+   A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
+
+   to find out if the first 16byte data element has any byte A and
+   the offset of the first byte.  There are 3 cases:
+
+   1. The first 16byte data element has the byte A at the offset X.
+   2. The first 16byte data element has EOS and doesn't have the byte A.
+   3. The first 16byte data element is valid and doesn't have the byte A.
+
+   Here is the table of ECX, CFlag, ZFlag and SFlag for 2 cases:
+
+    1		 X	  1	 0/1	  0
+    2		16	  0	  1	  0
+    3		16	  0	  0	  0
+
+   We exit from the loop for cases 1 and 2 with jbe which branches
+   when either CFlag or ZFlag is 1.  If CFlag == 1, ECX has the offset
+   X for case 1.  */
+
+#ifndef STRCSPN_GENERIC
+# define STRCSPN_GENERIC __strcspn_generic
+# define STRCSPN_SSE42 __strcspn_sse42
+#endif
+
+#ifdef USE_AS_STRPBRK
+# define RETURN(val1, val2) return val1
+#else
+# define RETURN(val1, val2) return val2
+#endif
+
+extern
+#ifdef USE_AS_STRPBRK
+char *
+#else
+size_t
+#endif
+STRCSPN_GENERIC (const char *, const char *) attribute_hidden;
+
+
+#ifdef USE_AS_STRPBRK
+char *
+#else
+size_t
+#endif
+__attribute__ ((section (".text.sse4.2")))
+STRCSPN_SSE42 (const char *s, const char *a)
+{
+  if (*a == 0)
+    RETURN (NULL, strlen (s));
+
+  const char *aligned;
+  __m128i mask, maskz, zero;
+  unsigned int maskz_bits;
+  unsigned int offset = (unsigned int) ((size_t) a & 15);
+  zero = _mm_set1_epi8 (0);
+  if (offset != 0)
+    {
+      /* Load masks.  */
+      aligned = (const char *) ((size_t) a & -16L);
+      __m128i mask0 = _mm_load_si128 ((__m128i *) aligned);
+      maskz = _mm_cmpeq_epi8 (mask0, zero);
+
+      /* Find where the NULL terminator is.  */
+      maskz_bits = _mm_movemask_epi8 (maskz) >> offset;
+      if (maskz_bits != 0)
+        {
+          mask = __m128i_shift_right (mask0, offset);
+          offset = (unsigned int) ((size_t) s & 15);
+          if (offset)
+            goto start_unaligned;
+
+          aligned = s;
+          goto start_loop;
+        }
+    }
+
+  /* A is aligned.  */
+  mask = _mm_loadu_si128 ((__m128i *) a);
+  /* Find where the NULL terminator is.  */
+  maskz = _mm_cmpeq_epi8 (mask, zero);
+  maskz_bits = _mm_movemask_epi8 (maskz);
+  if (maskz_bits == 0)
+    {
+      /* There is no NULL terminator.  Don't use SSE4.2 if the length
+         of A > 16.  */
+      if (a[16] != 0)
+        return STRCSPN_GENERIC (s, a);
+    }
+
+  aligned = s;
+  offset = (unsigned int) ((size_t) s & 15);
+  if (offset != 0)
+    {
+    start_unaligned:
+      /* Check partial string.  */
+      aligned = (const char *) ((size_t) s & -16L);
+      __m128i value = _mm_load_si128 ((__m128i *) aligned);
+
+      value = __m128i_shift_right (value, offset);
+
+      unsigned int length = _mm_cmpistri (mask, value, 0x2);
+      /* No need to check ZFlag since ZFlag is always 1.  */
+      unsigned int cflag = _mm_cmpistrc (mask, value, 0x2);
+      if (cflag)
+	RETURN ((char *) (s + length), length);
+      /* Find where the NULL terminator is.  */
+      unsigned int index = _mm_cmpistri (value, value, 0x3a);
+      if (index < 16 - offset)
+	RETURN (NULL, index);
+      aligned += 16;
+    }
+
+start_loop:
+  while (1)
+    {
+      __m128i value = _mm_load_si128 ((__m128i *) aligned);
+      unsigned int index = _mm_cmpistri (mask, value, 0x2);
+      unsigned int cflag = _mm_cmpistrc (mask, value, 0x2);
+      unsigned int zflag = _mm_cmpistrz (mask, value, 0x2);
+      if (cflag)
+	RETURN ((char *) (aligned + index), (size_t) (aligned + index - s));
+      if (zflag)
+	RETURN (NULL,
+		/* Find where the NULL terminator is.  */
+		(size_t) (aligned + _mm_cmpistri (value, value, 0x3a) - s));
+      aligned += 16;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcspn-c.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcspn-c.c
index c312fab8b1..423de2e2b2 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcspn-c.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcspn-c.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/* strcspn with SSE4.2 intrinsics
-   Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* strcspn.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2022 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
@@ -16,148 +16,13 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-#include <nmmintrin.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include "varshift.h"
+#if IS_IN (libc)
 
-/* We use 0x2:
-	_SIDD_SBYTE_OPS
-	| _SIDD_CMP_EQUAL_ANY
-	| _SIDD_POSITIVE_POLARITY
-	| _SIDD_LEAST_SIGNIFICANT
-   on pcmpistri to compare xmm/mem128
+# include <sysdep.h>
+# define STRCSPN __strcspn_generic
 
-   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
-   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
-
-   against xmm
-
-   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
-   A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
-
-   to find out if the first 16byte data element has any byte A and
-   the offset of the first byte.  There are 3 cases:
-
-   1. The first 16byte data element has the byte A at the offset X.
-   2. The first 16byte data element has EOS and doesn't have the byte A.
-   3. The first 16byte data element is valid and doesn't have the byte A.
-
-   Here is the table of ECX, CFlag, ZFlag and SFlag for 2 cases:
-
-    1		 X	  1	 0/1	  0
-    2		16	  0	  1	  0
-    3		16	  0	  0	  0
-
-   We exit from the loop for cases 1 and 2 with jbe which branches
-   when either CFlag or ZFlag is 1.  If CFlag == 1, ECX has the offset
-   X for case 1.  */
-
-#ifndef STRCSPN_SSE2
-# define STRCSPN_SSE2 __strcspn_sse2
-# define STRCSPN_SSE42 __strcspn_sse42
-#endif
-
-#ifdef USE_AS_STRPBRK
-# define RETURN(val1, val2) return val1
-#else
-# define RETURN(val1, val2) return val2
-#endif
-
-extern
-#ifdef USE_AS_STRPBRK
-char *
-#else
-size_t
-#endif
-STRCSPN_SSE2 (const char *, const char *) attribute_hidden;
-
-
-#ifdef USE_AS_STRPBRK
-char *
-#else
-size_t
+# undef libc_hidden_builtin_def
+# define libc_hidden_builtin_def(STRCSPN)
 #endif
-__attribute__ ((section (".text.sse4.2")))
-STRCSPN_SSE42 (const char *s, const char *a)
-{
-  if (*a == 0)
-    RETURN (NULL, strlen (s));
-
-  const char *aligned;
-  __m128i mask, maskz, zero;
-  unsigned int maskz_bits;
-  unsigned int offset = (unsigned int) ((size_t) a & 15);
-  zero = _mm_set1_epi8 (0);
-  if (offset != 0)
-    {
-      /* Load masks.  */
-      aligned = (const char *) ((size_t) a & -16L);
-      __m128i mask0 = _mm_load_si128 ((__m128i *) aligned);
-      maskz = _mm_cmpeq_epi8 (mask0, zero);
-
-      /* Find where the NULL terminator is.  */
-      maskz_bits = _mm_movemask_epi8 (maskz) >> offset;
-      if (maskz_bits != 0)
-        {
-          mask = __m128i_shift_right (mask0, offset);
-          offset = (unsigned int) ((size_t) s & 15);
-          if (offset)
-            goto start_unaligned;
-
-          aligned = s;
-          goto start_loop;
-        }
-    }
-
-  /* A is aligned.  */
-  mask = _mm_loadu_si128 ((__m128i *) a);
-  /* Find where the NULL terminator is.  */
-  maskz = _mm_cmpeq_epi8 (mask, zero);
-  maskz_bits = _mm_movemask_epi8 (maskz);
-  if (maskz_bits == 0)
-    {
-      /* There is no NULL terminator.  Don't use SSE4.2 if the length
-         of A > 16.  */
-      if (a[16] != 0)
-        return STRCSPN_SSE2 (s, a);
-    }
-
-  aligned = s;
-  offset = (unsigned int) ((size_t) s & 15);
-  if (offset != 0)
-    {
-    start_unaligned:
-      /* Check partial string.  */
-      aligned = (const char *) ((size_t) s & -16L);
-      __m128i value = _mm_load_si128 ((__m128i *) aligned);
-
-      value = __m128i_shift_right (value, offset);
-
-      unsigned int length = _mm_cmpistri (mask, value, 0x2);
-      /* No need to check ZFlag since ZFlag is always 1.  */
-      unsigned int cflag = _mm_cmpistrc (mask, value, 0x2);
-      if (cflag)
-	RETURN ((char *) (s + length), length);
-      /* Find where the NULL terminator is.  */
-      unsigned int index = _mm_cmpistri (value, value, 0x3a);
-      if (index < 16 - offset)
-	RETURN (NULL, index);
-      aligned += 16;
-    }
 
-start_loop:
-  while (1)
-    {
-      __m128i value = _mm_load_si128 ((__m128i *) aligned);
-      unsigned int index = _mm_cmpistri (mask, value, 0x2);
-      unsigned int cflag = _mm_cmpistrc (mask, value, 0x2);
-      unsigned int zflag = _mm_cmpistrz (mask, value, 0x2);
-      if (cflag)
-	RETURN ((char *) (aligned + index), (size_t) (aligned + index - s));
-      if (zflag)
-	RETURN (NULL,
-		/* Find where the NULL terminator is.  */
-		(size_t) (aligned + _mm_cmpistri (value, value, 0x3a) - s));
-      aligned += 16;
-    }
-}
+#include <string/strcspn.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcspn-sse2.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcspn-sse2.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a04bb39fc..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcspn-sse2.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/* strcspn.
-   Copyright (C) 2017-2022 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
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#if IS_IN (libc)
-
-# include <sysdep.h>
-# define STRCSPN __strcspn_sse2
-
-# undef libc_hidden_builtin_def
-# define libc_hidden_builtin_def(STRCSPN)
-#endif
-
-#include <string/strcspn.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncat-c.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncat-c.c
index 93a7fab7ea..b729c033d9 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncat-c.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncat-c.c
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-#define STRNCAT __strncat_sse2
+#define STRNCAT __strncat_generic
 #include <string/strncat.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncat.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncat.c
index b649343a97..50fba8a41f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncat.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncat.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 # undef strncat
 
 # define SYMBOL_NAME strncat
+# define GENERIC generic
 # include "ifunc-strcpy.h"
 
 libc_ifunc_redirected (__redirect_strncat, strncat, IFUNC_SELECTOR ());
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncpy-c.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncpy-c.c
index 57c45ac7ab..183b0b8e0f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncpy-c.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncpy-c.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#define STRNCPY __strncpy_sse2
+#define STRNCPY __strncpy_generic
 #undef libc_hidden_builtin_def
 #define libc_hidden_builtin_def(strncpy)
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncpy.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncpy.c
index 2a780a7e16..7fc7d72ec5 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncpy.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strncpy.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 # undef strncpy
 
 # define SYMBOL_NAME strncpy
+# define GENERIC generic
 # include "ifunc-strcpy.h"
 
 libc_ifunc_redirected (__redirect_strncpy, strncpy, IFUNC_SELECTOR ());
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strspn-sse2.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strpbrk-c-sse4.c
similarity index 74%
rename from sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strspn-sse2.c
rename to sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strpbrk-c-sse4.c
index 61cc6cb0a5..8700276773 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strspn-sse2.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strpbrk-c-sse4.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/* strspn.
-   Copyright (C) 2017-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* strpbrk with SSE4.2 intrinsics
+   Copyright (C) 2022 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
@@ -16,13 +16,7 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-#if IS_IN (libc)
-
-# include <sysdep.h>
-# define STRSPN __strspn_sse2
-
-# undef libc_hidden_builtin_def
-# define libc_hidden_builtin_def(STRSPN)
-#endif
-
-#include <string/strspn.c>
+#define USE_AS_STRPBRK
+#define STRCSPN_GENERIC __strpbrk_generic
+#define STRCSPN_SSE42 __strpbrk_sse42
+#include "strcspn-c-sse4.c"
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strpbrk-c.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strpbrk-c.c
index abf4ff7f1a..d31acfe495 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strpbrk-c.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strpbrk-c.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/* strpbrk with SSE4.2 intrinsics
-   Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* strpbrk.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2022 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
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-#define USE_AS_STRPBRK
-#define STRCSPN_SSE2 __strpbrk_sse2
-#define STRCSPN_SSE42 __strpbrk_sse42
-#include "strcspn-c.c"
+#if IS_IN (libc)
+
+# include <sysdep.h>
+# define STRPBRK __strpbrk_generic
+
+# undef libc_hidden_builtin_def
+# define libc_hidden_builtin_def(STRPBRK)
+#endif
+
+#include <string/strpbrk.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strpbrk-sse2.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strpbrk-sse2.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d03214c4fb..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strpbrk-sse2.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/* strpbrk.
-   Copyright (C) 2017-2022 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
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#if IS_IN (libc)
-
-# include <sysdep.h>
-# define STRPBRK __strpbrk_sse2
-
-# undef libc_hidden_builtin_def
-# define libc_hidden_builtin_def(STRPBRK)
-#endif
-
-#include <string/strpbrk.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strspn-c-sse4.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strspn-c-sse4.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d044916688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strspn-c-sse4.c
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/* strspn with SSE4.2 intrinsics
+   Copyright (C) 2009-2022 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
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <nmmintrin.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "varshift.h"
+
+/* We use 0x12:
+	_SIDD_SBYTE_OPS
+	| _SIDD_CMP_EQUAL_ANY
+	| _SIDD_NEGATIVE_POLARITY
+	| _SIDD_LEAST_SIGNIFICANT
+   on pcmpistri to compare xmm/mem128
+
+   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
+   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
+
+   against xmm
+
+   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
+   A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
+
+   to find out if the first 16byte data element has any non-A byte and
+   the offset of the first byte.  There are 2 cases:
+
+   1. The first 16byte data element has the non-A byte, including
+      EOS, at the offset X.
+   2. The first 16byte data element is valid and doesn't have the non-A
+      byte.
+
+   Here is the table of ECX, CFlag, ZFlag and SFlag for 2 cases:
+
+   case		ECX	CFlag	ZFlag	SFlag
+    1		 X	  1	 0/1	  0
+    2		16	  0	  0	  0
+
+   We exit from the loop for case 1.  */
+
+extern size_t __strspn_generic (const char *, const char *) attribute_hidden;
+
+
+size_t
+__attribute__ ((section (".text.sse4.2")))
+__strspn_sse42 (const char *s, const char *a)
+{
+  if (*a == 0)
+    return 0;
+
+  const char *aligned;
+  __m128i mask, maskz, zero;
+  unsigned int maskz_bits;
+  unsigned int offset = (int) ((size_t) a & 15);
+  zero = _mm_set1_epi8 (0);
+  if (offset != 0)
+    {
+      /* Load masks.  */
+      aligned = (const char *) ((size_t) a & -16L);
+      __m128i mask0 = _mm_load_si128 ((__m128i *) aligned);
+      maskz = _mm_cmpeq_epi8 (mask0, zero);
+
+      /* Find where the NULL terminator is.  */
+      maskz_bits = _mm_movemask_epi8 (maskz) >> offset;
+      if (maskz_bits != 0)
+        {
+          mask = __m128i_shift_right (mask0, offset);
+          offset = (unsigned int) ((size_t) s & 15);
+          if (offset)
+            goto start_unaligned;
+
+          aligned = s;
+          goto start_loop;
+        }
+    }
+
+  /* A is aligned.  */
+  mask = _mm_loadu_si128 ((__m128i *) a);
+
+  /* Find where the NULL terminator is.  */
+  maskz = _mm_cmpeq_epi8 (mask, zero);
+  maskz_bits = _mm_movemask_epi8 (maskz);
+  if (maskz_bits == 0)
+    {
+      /* There is no NULL terminator.  Don't use SSE4.2 if the length
+         of A > 16.  */
+      if (a[16] != 0)
+        return __strspn_generic (s, a);
+    }
+  aligned = s;
+  offset = (unsigned int) ((size_t) s & 15);
+
+  if (offset != 0)
+    {
+    start_unaligned:
+      /* Check partial string.  */
+      aligned = (const char *) ((size_t) s & -16L);
+      __m128i value = _mm_load_si128 ((__m128i *) aligned);
+      __m128i adj_value = __m128i_shift_right (value, offset);
+
+      unsigned int length = _mm_cmpistri (mask, adj_value, 0x12);
+      /* No need to check CFlag since it is always 1.  */
+      if (length < 16 - offset)
+	return length;
+      /* Find where the NULL terminator is.  */
+      maskz = _mm_cmpeq_epi8 (value, zero);
+      maskz_bits = _mm_movemask_epi8 (maskz) >> offset;
+      if (maskz_bits != 0)
+	return length;
+      aligned += 16;
+    }
+
+start_loop:
+  while (1)
+    {
+      __m128i value = _mm_load_si128 ((__m128i *) aligned);
+      unsigned int index = _mm_cmpistri (mask, value, 0x12);
+      unsigned int cflag = _mm_cmpistrc (mask, value, 0x12);
+      if (cflag)
+	return (size_t) (aligned + index - s);
+      aligned += 16;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strspn-c.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strspn-c.c
index 6124033ceb..6b50c36432 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strspn-c.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strspn-c.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/* strspn with SSE4.2 intrinsics
-   Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* strspn.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2022 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
@@ -16,121 +16,13 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-#include <nmmintrin.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include "varshift.h"
+#if IS_IN (libc)
 
-/* We use 0x12:
-	_SIDD_SBYTE_OPS
-	| _SIDD_CMP_EQUAL_ANY
-	| _SIDD_NEGATIVE_POLARITY
-	| _SIDD_LEAST_SIGNIFICANT
-   on pcmpistri to compare xmm/mem128
+# include <sysdep.h>
+# define STRSPN __strspn_generic
 
-   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
-   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
+# undef libc_hidden_builtin_def
+# define libc_hidden_builtin_def(STRSPN)
+#endif
 
-   against xmm
-
-   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
-   A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
-
-   to find out if the first 16byte data element has any non-A byte and
-   the offset of the first byte.  There are 2 cases:
-
-   1. The first 16byte data element has the non-A byte, including
-      EOS, at the offset X.
-   2. The first 16byte data element is valid and doesn't have the non-A
-      byte.
-
-   Here is the table of ECX, CFlag, ZFlag and SFlag for 2 cases:
-
-   case		ECX	CFlag	ZFlag	SFlag
-    1		 X	  1	 0/1	  0
-    2		16	  0	  0	  0
-
-   We exit from the loop for case 1.  */
-
-extern size_t __strspn_sse2 (const char *, const char *) attribute_hidden;
-
-
-size_t
-__attribute__ ((section (".text.sse4.2")))
-__strspn_sse42 (const char *s, const char *a)
-{
-  if (*a == 0)
-    return 0;
-
-  const char *aligned;
-  __m128i mask, maskz, zero;
-  unsigned int maskz_bits;
-  unsigned int offset = (int) ((size_t) a & 15);
-  zero = _mm_set1_epi8 (0);
-  if (offset != 0)
-    {
-      /* Load masks.  */
-      aligned = (const char *) ((size_t) a & -16L);
-      __m128i mask0 = _mm_load_si128 ((__m128i *) aligned);
-      maskz = _mm_cmpeq_epi8 (mask0, zero);
-
-      /* Find where the NULL terminator is.  */
-      maskz_bits = _mm_movemask_epi8 (maskz) >> offset;
-      if (maskz_bits != 0)
-        {
-          mask = __m128i_shift_right (mask0, offset);
-          offset = (unsigned int) ((size_t) s & 15);
-          if (offset)
-            goto start_unaligned;
-
-          aligned = s;
-          goto start_loop;
-        }
-    }
-
-  /* A is aligned.  */
-  mask = _mm_loadu_si128 ((__m128i *) a);
-
-  /* Find where the NULL terminator is.  */
-  maskz = _mm_cmpeq_epi8 (mask, zero);
-  maskz_bits = _mm_movemask_epi8 (maskz);
-  if (maskz_bits == 0)
-    {
-      /* There is no NULL terminator.  Don't use SSE4.2 if the length
-         of A > 16.  */
-      if (a[16] != 0)
-        return __strspn_sse2 (s, a);
-    }
-  aligned = s;
-  offset = (unsigned int) ((size_t) s & 15);
-
-  if (offset != 0)
-    {
-    start_unaligned:
-      /* Check partial string.  */
-      aligned = (const char *) ((size_t) s & -16L);
-      __m128i value = _mm_load_si128 ((__m128i *) aligned);
-      __m128i adj_value = __m128i_shift_right (value, offset);
-
-      unsigned int length = _mm_cmpistri (mask, adj_value, 0x12);
-      /* No need to check CFlag since it is always 1.  */
-      if (length < 16 - offset)
-	return length;
-      /* Find where the NULL terminator is.  */
-      maskz = _mm_cmpeq_epi8 (value, zero);
-      maskz_bits = _mm_movemask_epi8 (maskz) >> offset;
-      if (maskz_bits != 0)
-	return length;
-      aligned += 16;
-    }
-
-start_loop:
-  while (1)
-    {
-      __m128i value = _mm_load_si128 ((__m128i *) aligned);
-      unsigned int index = _mm_cmpistri (mask, value, 0x12);
-      unsigned int cflag = _mm_cmpistrc (mask, value, 0x12);
-      if (cflag)
-	return (size_t) (aligned + index - s);
-      aligned += 16;
-    }
-}
+#include <string/strspn.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcscpy-c.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcscpy-c.c
index 26d6984e9b..fa38dd898d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcscpy-c.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcscpy-c.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #if IS_IN (libc)
-# define WCSCPY  __wcscpy_sse2
+# define WCSCPY  __wcscpy_generic
 #endif
 
 #include <wcsmbs/wcscpy.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcscpy.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcscpy.c
index 6a2d1421d9..53c3228dc2 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcscpy.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcscpy.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # define SYMBOL_NAME wcscpy
 # include <init-arch.h>
 
-extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (sse2) attribute_hidden;
+extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (generic) attribute_hidden;
 extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (ssse3) attribute_hidden;
 
 static inline void *
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ IFUNC_SELECTOR (void)
   if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, SSSE3))
     return OPTIMIZE (ssse3);
 
-  return OPTIMIZE (sse2);
+  return OPTIMIZE (generic);
 }
 
 libc_ifunc_redirected (__redirect_wcscpy, __wcscpy, IFUNC_SELECTOR ());
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcsnlen-c.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcsnlen-c.c
index e1ec7cfbb5..1c9c04241a 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcsnlen-c.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcsnlen-c.c
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #if IS_IN (libc)
 # include <wchar.h>
 
-# define WCSNLEN __wcsnlen_sse2
+# define WCSNLEN __wcsnlen_generic
 
-extern __typeof (wcsnlen) __wcsnlen_sse2;
+extern __typeof (wcsnlen) __wcsnlen_generic;
 #endif
 
 #include "wcsmbs/wcsnlen.c"
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcsnlen.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcsnlen.c
index baa26666a8..05b7a211de 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcsnlen.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/wcsnlen.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 # undef __wcsnlen
 
 # define SYMBOL_NAME wcsnlen
+# define GENERIC generic
 # include "ifunc-wcslen.h"
 
 libc_ifunc_redirected (__redirect_wcsnlen, __wcsnlen, IFUNC_SELECTOR ());
