diff --git a/target/riscv/insn32.decode b/target/riscv/insn32.decode
index 017eb50a49..abf794095a 100644
--- a/target/riscv/insn32.decode
+++ b/target/riscv/insn32.decode
@@ -691,6 +691,9 @@ rori       01100 ............ 101 ..... 0010011 @sh
 sext_b     011000 000100 ..... 001 ..... 0010011 @r2
 sext_h     011000 000101 ..... 001 ..... 0010011 @r2
 xnor       0100000 .......... 100 ..... 0110011 @r
+# The encoding for zext.h differs between RV32 and RV64.
+# zext_h_32 denotes the RV32 variant.
+zext_h_32  0000100 00000 ..... 100 ..... 0110011 @r2
 
 # *** RV64 Zbb Standard Extension (in addition to RV32 Zbb) ***
 clzw       0110000 00000 ..... 001 ..... 0011011 @r2
@@ -703,15 +706,14 @@ rev8_64    011010 111000 ..... 101 ..... 0010011 @r2
 rolw       0110000 .......... 001 ..... 0111011 @r
 roriw      0110000 .......... 101 ..... 0011011 @sh5
 rorw       0110000 .......... 101 ..... 0111011 @r
+# The encoding for zext.h differs between RV32 and RV64.
+# When executing on RV64, the encoding used in RV32 is an illegal
+# instruction, so we use different handler functions to differentiate.
+zext_h_64  0000100 00000 ..... 100 ..... 0111011 @r2
 
 # *** RV32B Standard Extension ***
-pack       0000100 .......... 100 ..... 0110011 @r
-packu      0100100 .......... 100 ..... 0110011 @r
-packh      0000100 .......... 111 ..... 0110011 @r
 
 # *** RV64B Standard Extension (in addition to RV32B) ***
-packw      0000100 .......... 100 ..... 0111011 @r
-packuw     0100100 .......... 100 ..... 0111011 @r
 
 # *** RV32 Zbc Standard Extension ***
 clmul      0000101 .......... 001 ..... 0110011 @r
diff --git a/target/riscv/insn_trans/trans_rvb.c.inc b/target/riscv/insn_trans/trans_rvb.c.inc
index 2f37bad477..ca389f4fe2 100644
--- a/target/riscv/insn_trans/trans_rvb.c.inc
+++ b/target/riscv/insn_trans/trans_rvb.c.inc
@@ -78,24 +78,6 @@ static bool trans_xnor(DisasContext *ctx, arg_xnor *a)
     return gen_arith(ctx, a, tcg_gen_eqv_tl);
 }
 
-static bool trans_pack(DisasContext *ctx, arg_pack *a)
-{
-    REQUIRE_EXT(ctx, RVB);
-    return gen_arith(ctx, a, gen_pack);
-}
-
-static bool trans_packu(DisasContext *ctx, arg_packu *a)
-{
-    REQUIRE_EXT(ctx, RVB);
-    return gen_arith(ctx, a, gen_packu);
-}
-
-static bool trans_packh(DisasContext *ctx, arg_packh *a)
-{
-    REQUIRE_EXT(ctx, RVB);
-    return gen_arith(ctx, a, gen_packh);
-}
-
 static bool trans_min(DisasContext *ctx, arg_min *a)
 {
     REQUIRE_ZBB(ctx);
@@ -236,6 +218,20 @@ static bool trans_orc_b(DisasContext *ctx, arg_orc_b *a)
     return gen_unary(ctx, a, &gen_orc_b);
 }
 
+static bool trans_zext_h_32(DisasContext *ctx, arg_zext_h_32 *a)
+{
+    REQUIRE_32BIT(ctx);
+    REQUIRE_ZBB(ctx);
+    return gen_unary(ctx, a, &tcg_gen_ext16u_tl);
+}
+
+static bool trans_zext_h_64(DisasContext *ctx, arg_zext_h_64 *a)
+{
+    REQUIRE_64BIT(ctx);
+    REQUIRE_ZBB(ctx);
+    return gen_unary(ctx, a, &tcg_gen_ext16u_tl);
+}
+
 
 #define GEN_TRANS_SHADD(SHAMT)                                             \
 static bool trans_sh##SHAMT##add(DisasContext *ctx, arg_sh##SHAMT##add *a) \
@@ -269,20 +265,6 @@ static bool trans_cpopw(DisasContext *ctx, arg_cpopw *a)
     return gen_unary(ctx, a, gen_cpopw);
 }
 
-static bool trans_packw(DisasContext *ctx, arg_packw *a)
-{
-    REQUIRE_64BIT(ctx);
-    REQUIRE_EXT(ctx, RVB);
-    return gen_arith(ctx, a, gen_packw);
-}
-
-static bool trans_packuw(DisasContext *ctx, arg_packuw *a)
-{
-    REQUIRE_64BIT(ctx);
-    REQUIRE_EXT(ctx, RVB);
-    return gen_arith(ctx, a, gen_packuw);
-}
-
 static bool trans_rorw(DisasContext *ctx, arg_rorw *a)
 {
     REQUIRE_64BIT(ctx);
diff --git a/target/riscv/translate.c b/target/riscv/translate.c
index f16ac8bb1a..639f34b8f6 100644
--- a/target/riscv/translate.c
+++ b/target/riscv/translate.c
@@ -536,29 +536,6 @@ static bool gen_arith_div_uw(DisasContext *ctx, arg_r *a,
     return true;
 }
 
-static void gen_pack(TCGv ret, TCGv arg1, TCGv arg2)
-{
-    tcg_gen_deposit_tl(ret, arg1, arg2,
-                       TARGET_LONG_BITS / 2,
-                       TARGET_LONG_BITS / 2);
-}
-
-static void gen_packu(TCGv ret, TCGv arg1, TCGv arg2)
-{
-    TCGv t = tcg_temp_new();
-    tcg_gen_shri_tl(t, arg1, TARGET_LONG_BITS / 2);
-    tcg_gen_deposit_tl(ret, arg2, t, 0, TARGET_LONG_BITS / 2);
-    tcg_temp_free(t);
-}
-
-static void gen_packh(TCGv ret, TCGv arg1, TCGv arg2)
-{
-    TCGv t = tcg_temp_new();
-    tcg_gen_ext8u_tl(t, arg2);
-    tcg_gen_deposit_tl(ret, arg1, t, 8, TARGET_LONG_BITS - 8);
-    tcg_temp_free(t);
-}
-
 static void gen_sbop_mask(TCGv ret, TCGv shamt)
 {
     tcg_gen_movi_tl(ret, 1);
@@ -635,23 +612,6 @@ static void gen_cpopw(TCGv ret, TCGv arg1)
     tcg_gen_ctpop_tl(ret, arg1);
 }
 
-static void gen_packw(TCGv ret, TCGv arg1, TCGv arg2)
-{
-    TCGv t = tcg_temp_new();
-    tcg_gen_ext16s_tl(t, arg2);
-    tcg_gen_deposit_tl(ret, arg1, t, 16, 48);
-    tcg_temp_free(t);
-}
-
-static void gen_packuw(TCGv ret, TCGv arg1, TCGv arg2)
-{
-    TCGv t = tcg_temp_new();
-    tcg_gen_shri_tl(t, arg1, 16);
-    tcg_gen_deposit_tl(ret, arg2, t, 0, 16);
-    tcg_gen_ext32s_tl(ret, ret);
-    tcg_temp_free(t);
-}
-
 static void gen_rorw(TCGv ret, TCGv arg1, TCGv arg2)
 {
     TCGv_i32 t1 = tcg_temp_new_i32();
