diff --git a/release/tools/arm.subr b/release/tools/arm.subr
index 2adadd2f4884..edce8ba64eec 100644
--- a/release/tools/arm.subr
+++ b/release/tools/arm.subr
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ arm_create_disk() {
 	chroot ${CHROOTDIR} gpart create -s bsd ${mddev}s2
 	chroot ${CHROOTDIR} gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 64k /dev/${mddev}s2
 	chroot ${CHROOTDIR} newfs -U -L rootfs /dev/${mddev}s2a
-	chroot ${CHROOTDIR} tunefs -N enable /dev/${mddev}s2a
 
 	return 0
 }