diff --git a/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC
index 0c6b185a21f2..7410dace364d 100644
--- a/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ options 	PROCFS			# Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
 options 	PSEUDOFS		# Pseudo-filesystem framework
 options 	GEOM_GPT		# GUID Partition Tables.
 options 	COMPAT_43		# Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]
-options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD4		# Keep this for a while
 options 	SCSI_DELAY=5000		# Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
 options 	KTRACE			# ktrace(1) support
 options 	SYSVSHM			# SYSV-style shared memory