diff --git a/sys/geom/geom.h b/sys/geom/geom.h
index 7fcdf3c6381d..3bab33d11413 100644
--- a/sys/geom/geom.h
+++ b/sys/geom/geom.h
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ struct g_event;
 struct thread;
 struct bio;
 struct sbuf;
-struct g_magicspaces;
-
 
 typedef struct g_geom * g_create_geom_t (struct g_class *mp,
     struct g_provider *pp, char *name);
@@ -123,7 +121,6 @@ struct g_geom {
 	void			*softc;
 	struct g_event		*event;
 	unsigned		flags;
-	struct g_magicspaces	*magicspaces;
 #define	G_GEOM_WITHER		1
 };
 
@@ -174,33 +171,6 @@ struct g_provider {
 	off_t			mediasize;
 };
 
-/*
- * Some methods may implement various "magic spaces", this is reserved
- * or magic areas on the disk, set a side for various and sundry purposes.
- * A good example is the BSD disklabel and boot code on i386 which occupies
- * a total of four magic spaces: boot1, the disklabel, the padding behind
- * the disklabel and boot2.  The reason we don't simply tell people to
- * write the appropriate stuff on the underlying device is that (some of)
- * the magic spaces might be real-time modifiable.  It is for instance 
- * possible to change a disklabel while partitions are open, provided
- * the open partitions do not get trampled in the process.
- */
-
-struct g_magicspace {
-	char			name[8];
-	off_t			offset;
-	u_int			len;
-	u_int			flags;
-};
-
-struct g_magicspaces {
-	uintptr_t		geom_id;
-	char			class[8];
-	uint			nmagic;
-	uint			nspace;
-	struct g_magicspace	*magicspace;
-};
-
 /* geom_dump.c */
 void g_hexdump(void *ptr, int length);
 void g_trace(int level, char *, ...);
@@ -224,7 +194,6 @@ void g_silence(void);
 int g_access_abs(struct g_consumer *cp, int read, int write, int exclusive);
 int g_access_rel(struct g_consumer *cp, int read, int write, int exclusive);
 void g_add_class(struct g_class *mp);
-int g_add_magicspace(struct g_geom *gp, const char *name, off_t start, u_int len, u_int flags);
 int g_attach(struct g_consumer *cp, struct g_provider *pp);
 struct g_geom *g_create_geomf(char *class, struct g_provider *, char *fmt, ...);
 void g_destroy_consumer(struct g_consumer *cp);
diff --git a/sys/geom/geom_bsd.c b/sys/geom/geom_bsd.c
index d56ac53c7311..22151db9cdeb 100644
--- a/sys/geom/geom_bsd.c
+++ b/sys/geom/geom_bsd.c
@@ -338,20 +338,8 @@ g_bsd_taste(struct g_class *mp, struct g_provider *pp, int flags)
 			    error, (long long)mediasize);
 		}
 		error = g_bsd_try(gsp, cp, secsize, ms, secsize);
-		if (!error) {
-			g_add_magicspace(gp, "boot1",     0, 512, 0);
-			g_add_magicspace(gp, "label",   512, 276, 0);
-			g_add_magicspace(gp, "fill0",   748, 236, 0);
-			g_add_magicspace(gp, "boot2", 1024, 7168, 0);
-		}
-		if (error) {
+		if (error)
 			error = g_bsd_try(gsp, cp, secsize, ms, 64);
-			if (!error) {
-				g_add_magicspace(gp, "fill0",     0,  64, 0);
-				g_add_magicspace(gp, "label",    64, 276, 0);
-				g_add_magicspace(gp, "fill1",   340, 172, 0);
-			}
-		}
 		if (error)
 			break;
 		dl = &ms->ondisk;
diff --git a/sys/geom/geom_dump.c b/sys/geom/geom_dump.c
index dcaee02f0852..619e0ed66503 100644
--- a/sys/geom/geom_dump.c
+++ b/sys/geom/geom_dump.c
@@ -157,30 +157,11 @@ g_conf_geom(struct sbuf *sb, struct g_geom *gp, struct g_provider *pp, struct g_
 {
 	struct g_consumer *cp2;
 	struct g_provider *pp2;
-	struct g_magicspace *gsp;
-	u_int u;
 
 	sbuf_printf(sb, "    <geom id=\"%p\">\n", gp);
 	sbuf_printf(sb, "      <class ref=\"%p\"/>\n", gp->class);
 	sbuf_printf(sb, "      <name>%s</name>\n", gp->name);
 	sbuf_printf(sb, "      <rank>%d</rank>\n", gp->rank);
-	if (gp->magicspaces) {
-		for (u = 0; u < gp->magicspaces->nmagic; u++) {
-			gsp = &gp->magicspaces->magicspace[u];
-			if (gsp->len == 0 || gsp->name == NULL)
-				continue;
-			sbuf_printf(sb, "      <magicspace>\n");
-			sbuf_printf(sb, "        <name>%.8s</name>\n",
-			    gsp->name);
-			sbuf_printf(sb, "        <offset>%lld</offset>\n",
-			    (long long)gsp->offset);
-			sbuf_printf(sb, "        <length>%u</length>\n",
-			    gsp->len);
-			sbuf_printf(sb, "        <flags>%u</flags>\n",
-			    gsp->flags);
-			sbuf_printf(sb, "      </magicspace>\n");
-		}
-	}
 	if (gp->dumpconf) {
 		sbuf_printf(sb, "      <config>\n");
 		gp->dumpconf(sb, "\t", gp, NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/sys/geom/geom_mbr.c b/sys/geom/geom_mbr.c
index e00632c13396..1b1ca4daae54 100644
--- a/sys/geom/geom_mbr.c
+++ b/sys/geom/geom_mbr.c
@@ -251,9 +251,6 @@ g_mbr_taste(struct g_class *mp, struct g_provider *pp, int insist)
 	g_topology_lock();
 	error = g_access_rel(cp, -1, 0, 0);
 	if (npart > 0) {
-		g_add_magicspace(gp, "boot", 0, DOSPARTOFF, 0);
-		g_add_magicspace(gp, "mbr", DOSPARTOFF, 4 * 16, 0);
-		g_add_magicspace(gp, "magic", 510, 2, 0);
 		LIST_FOREACH(pp, &gp->provider, provider)
 			g_error_provider(pp, 0);
 		return (gp);
diff --git a/sys/geom/geom_subr.c b/sys/geom/geom_subr.c
index c6de3cc559d1..550dec6a7521 100644
--- a/sys/geom/geom_subr.c
+++ b/sys/geom/geom_subr.c
@@ -114,46 +114,6 @@ g_new_geomf(struct g_class *mp, char *fmt, ...)
 	return (gp);
 }
 
-/*
- * Add a magic space to a geom.  There is no locking here because nobody
- * should be modifying these except the geom itself during configuration,
- * so it cannot go away while we fiddling it.
- * For now, no provision exists for removing magic spaces or for changing
- * them on the fly.
- */
-
-int
-g_add_magicspace(struct g_geom *gp, const char *name, off_t start, u_int len, u_int flags)
-{
-	int i;
-	struct g_magicspaces *msps;
-	struct g_magicspace *msp, *msp2;
-
-	if (gp->magicspaces == NULL) {
-		msps = g_malloc(sizeof *gp->magicspaces, M_WAITOK | M_ZERO);
-		msps->geom_id = (uintptr_t)gp;
-		strncpy(msps->class, gp->class->name, sizeof msps->class);
-		gp->magicspaces = msps;
-	}
-	msps = gp->magicspaces;
-	if (msps->nmagic >= msps->nspace) {
-		i = msps->nspace + 1;
-		msp = g_malloc(sizeof(*msp) * i, M_WAITOK | M_ZERO);
-		bcopy(msps->magicspace, msp, sizeof(*msp) * msps->nmagic);
-		msp2 = msps->magicspace;
-		msps->magicspace = msp;
-		if (msp2 != NULL)
-			g_free(msp2);
-		msps->nspace = i;
-	}
-	msp = &msps->magicspace[msps->nmagic++];
-	strncpy(msp->name, name, sizeof msp->name);
-	msp->offset = start;
-	msp->len = len;
-	msp->flags = flags;
-	return (0);
-}
-
 void
 g_destroy_geom(struct g_geom *gp)
 {
@@ -169,10 +129,6 @@ g_destroy_geom(struct g_geom *gp)
 	    gp->name, LIST_FIRST(&gp->consumer)));
 	LIST_REMOVE(gp, geom);
 	TAILQ_REMOVE(&geoms, gp, geoms);
-	if (gp->magicspaces) {
-		g_free(gp->magicspaces->magicspace);
-		g_free(gp->magicspaces);
-	}
 	g_free(gp->name);
 	g_free(gp);
 }
diff --git a/sys/geom/geom_sunlabel.c b/sys/geom/geom_sunlabel.c
index 126afaede551..d0b75f7fafbe 100644
--- a/sys/geom/geom_sunlabel.c
+++ b/sys/geom/geom_sunlabel.c
@@ -179,10 +179,8 @@ g_sunlabel_taste(struct g_class *mp, struct g_provider *pp, int flags)
 	}
 	g_topology_lock();
 	error = g_access_rel(cp, -1, 0, 0);
-	if (npart > 0) {
-		g_add_magicspace(gp, "label", 0, 512, 0);
+	if (npart > 0)
 		return (gp);
-	}
 	g_std_spoiled(cp);
 	return (NULL);
 }