diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_kern.c b/sys/vm/vm_kern.c
index 409c5f487fde..895c5ae5e2ed 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_kern.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_kern.c
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ vm_map_t clean_map=0;
 vm_map_t buffer_map=0;
 vm_map_t mb_map=0;
 int mb_map_full=0;
-vm_map_t phys_map=0;
 
 /*
  *	kmem_alloc_pageable:
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_kern.h b/sys/vm/vm_kern.h
index 9be497653d80..2f1fe76aae44 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_kern.h
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_kern.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ extern vm_map_t kmem_map;
 extern vm_map_t mb_map;
 extern int mb_map_full;
 extern vm_map_t clean_map;
-extern vm_map_t phys_map;
 extern vm_map_t exec_map;
 
 extern vm_offset_t kernel_vm_end;
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_object.c b/sys/vm/vm_object.c
index 48c493a1764d..999d9bec7828 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_object.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_object.c
@@ -1606,8 +1606,6 @@ vm_object_in_map( object)
 		return 1;
 	if( _vm_object_in_map( buffer_map, object, 0))
 		return 1;
-	if( _vm_object_in_map( phys_map, object, 0))
-		return 1;
 	if( _vm_object_in_map( mb_map, object, 0))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;