diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_init.c b/sys/kern/vfs_init.c
index c81fb5625b3c..bae031b01f09 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_init.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_init.c
@@ -52,16 +52,6 @@
 
 MALLOC_DEFINE(M_VNODE, "vnodes", "Dynamically allocated vnodes");
 
-/*
- * XXX this bloat just exands the sysctl__vfs linker set a little so that
- * we can attach sysctls for VFS modules without expanding the linker set.
- * Currently (1998/09/06), only one VFS uses sysctls, so 2 extra linker
- * set slots are more than sufficient.
- */
-static int mod_xx;
-SYSCTL_INT(_vfs, OID_AUTO, mod0, CTLFLAG_RD, &mod_xx, 0, "");
-SYSCTL_INT(_vfs, OID_AUTO, mod1, CTLFLAG_RD, &mod_xx, 0, "");
-
 /*
  * Zone for namei
  */