diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/config.5 b/usr.sbin/config/config.5
index 9b26326ea862..dd3ee8baffee 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/config.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/config.5
@@ -401,20 +401,6 @@ Options specific to architecture
 .Ar arch
 are specified in the file
 .Pa sys/conf/options . Ns Aq Ar arch .
-.\" -------- PROFILE --------
-.Pp
-.It Ic profile Ar number
-Enables kernel profiling if
-.Ar number
-is non-zero.
-If
-.Ar number
-is 2 or greater, the kernel is configured for
-high-resolution profiling.
-Kernels can also be built for profiling using the
-.Fl p
-option to
-.Xr config 8 .
 .El
 .Ss Obsolete Directives
 The following kernel configuration directives are obsolete.
diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/config.8 b/usr.sbin/config/config.8
index c8c92b5eddab..b33c972c8efa 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/config.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/config.8
@@ -102,16 +102,6 @@ file.
 This option makes sense only if
 .Cd "options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE"
 entry was present in your configuration file.
-.It Fl p
-Configure a system for profiling; for example,
-.Xr kgmon 8
-and
-.Xr gprof 1 .
-If two or more
-.Fl p
-options are supplied,
-.Nm
-configures a system for high resolution profiling.
 .It Ar SYSTEM_NAME
 Specify the name of the system configuration file
 containing device specifications, configuration options
diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/config.h b/usr.sbin/config/config.h
index a1591486b390..79d0a788bae7 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/config.h
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/config.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ struct files_name {
  * Types.
  */
 #define NORMAL		1
-#define	PROFILING	3
 #define NODEPEND	4
 #define LOCAL		5
 #define DEVDONE		0x80000000
@@ -210,7 +209,6 @@ extern STAILQ_HEAD(file_list_head, file_list) ftab;
 
 extern STAILQ_HEAD(files_name_head, files_name) fntab;
 
-extern int	profiling;
 extern int	debugging;
 extern int	found_defaults;
 
diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/config.y b/usr.sbin/config/config.y
index 6fcd93aa19f9..3d517c2b789e 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/config.y
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/config.y
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 %token	HINTS
 %token	IDENT
 %token	MAXUSERS
-%token	PROFILE
 %token	OPTIONS
 %token	NOOPTION
 %token	MAKEOPTIONS
@@ -192,7 +191,6 @@ Config_spec:
 	System_spec
 		|
 	MAXUSERS NUMBER { maxusers = $2; } |
-	PROFILE NUMBER { profiling = $2; } |
 	ENV ID { newenvvar($2, true); } |
 	ENVVAR ENVLINE { newenvvar($2, false); } |
 	HINTS ID {
diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/lang.l b/usr.sbin/config/lang.l
index 308c38393916..f83af3b5d9cc 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/lang.l
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/lang.l
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ struct kt {
 	{ "nomakeoption", NOMAKEOPTION },
 	{ "nomakeoptions", NOMAKEOPTION },
 	{ "maxusers",	MAXUSERS },
-	{ "profile",	PROFILE },
 	{ "option",	OPTIONS },
 	{ "options",	OPTIONS },
 	{ "nooption",	NOOPTION },
diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/main.c b/usr.sbin/config/main.c
index e52db432bf65..60bafb0b46ba 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/main.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/main.c
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ char 	destdir[MAXPATHLEN];
 char 	srcdir[MAXPATHLEN];
 
 int	debugging;
-int	profiling;
 int	found_defaults;
 int	incignore;
 
@@ -170,9 +169,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'm':
 			printmachine = 1;
 			break;
-		case 'p':
-			profiling++;
-			break;
 		case 's':
 			if (*srcdir == '\0')
 				strlcpy(srcdir, optarg, sizeof(srcdir));
diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/mkmakefile.c b/usr.sbin/config/mkmakefile.c
index 0a1f2f129aab..00eb3422d1d0 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/mkmakefile.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/mkmakefile.c
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ makefile(void)
 	}
 	if (debugging)
 		fprintf(ofp, "DEBUG=-g\n");
-	if (profiling)
-		fprintf(ofp, "PROFLEVEL=%d\n", profiling);
 	if (*srcdir != '\0')
 		fprintf(ofp,"S=%s\n", srcdir);
 	while (fgets(line, BUFSIZ, ifp) != NULL) {
@@ -406,7 +404,7 @@ read_file(char *fname)
 	/*
 	 * include "filename"
 	 * filename    [ standard | optional ]
-	 *	[ dev* [ | dev* ... ] | profiling-routine ] [ no-obj ]
+	 *	[ dev* [ | dev* ... ] | [ no-obj ]
 	 *	[ compile-with "compile rule" [no-implicit-rule] ]
 	 *      [ dependency "dependency-list"] [ before-depend ]
 	 *	[ clean "file-list"] [ warning "text warning" ]
@@ -554,10 +552,6 @@ read_file(char *fname)
 			continue;
 		}
 		nreqs++;
-		if (eq(wd, "profiling-routine")) {
-			filetype = PROFILING;
-			continue;
-		}
 		if (std)
 			errout("standard entry %s has optional inclusion specifier %s!\n",
 			       this, wd);
@@ -585,8 +579,6 @@ nextparam:;
 		if (std == 0 && nreqs == 0)
 			errout("%s: what is %s optional on?\n",
 			       fname, this);
-		if (filetype == PROFILING && profiling == 0)
-			goto next;
 		tp = new_fent();
 		tp->f_fn = this;
 		tp->f_type = filetype;
@@ -789,11 +781,6 @@ do_rules(FILE *f)
 			case NORMAL:
 				ftype = "NORMAL";
 				break;
-			case PROFILING:
-				if (!profiling)
-					continue;
-				ftype = "PROFILE";
-				break;
 			default:
 				fprintf(stderr,
 				    "config: don't know rules for %s\n", np);