diff --git a/csrc/cpu/utils.hpp b/csrc/cpu/utils.hpp
index 8ab0bb039c014..682751d67b1cd 100644
--- a/csrc/cpu/utils.hpp
+++ b/csrc/cpu/utils.hpp
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ struct VecTypeTrait<c10::BFloat16> {
 };
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(__powerpc__)
 template <>
 struct VecTypeTrait<c10::Half> {
   using vec_t = vec_op::FP16Vec16;
 };
+#endif
 
 struct Counter {
   std::atomic<int64_t> counter;