diff --git a/share/mk/src.opts.mk b/share/mk/src.opts.mk
index 3c0e91ed7cf2..7e50c14abd7e 100644
--- a/share/mk/src.opts.mk
+++ b/share/mk/src.opts.mk
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ __DEFAULT_YES_OPTIONS = \
     GNU_GREP \
     GPIO \
     GPL_DTC \
-    GROFF \
     HAST \
     HTML \
     HYPERV \
diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITH_GROFF b/tools/build/options/WITH_GROFF
deleted file mode 100644
index 762608ee876e..000000000000
--- a/tools/build/options/WITH_GROFF
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-.\" $FreeBSD$
-Set to build
-.Xr groff 1
-and
-.Xr vgrind 1 .