diff --git a/tools/bsdbox/Makefile b/tools/bsdbox/Makefile
index ce40eb8b75a2..d1c03813f792 100644
--- a/tools/bsdbox/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bsdbox/Makefile
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ CRUNCH_LIBS+= -lm
 #.include "Makefile.textproc"
 .include "Makefile.login"
 .include "Makefile.kld"
-# telnet/telnetd are too broken to include as a crunchgen'ed binary,
-# thanks to some of the horrible layering violations going on.
-# .include "Makefile.telnetd"
 .include "Makefile.fs"
 
 CRUNCH_LIBS+= -lcrypto -lssl -lz
diff --git a/tools/bsdbox/Makefile.telnetd b/tools/bsdbox/Makefile.telnetd
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a77176fd3ac..000000000000
--- a/tools/bsdbox/Makefile.telnetd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# Build telnetd
-# Question - why is telnetds objects ending up in the srcdir? -adrian
-
-# This won't work yet - because telnetd relies on libtelnet.a which includes
-# kerberos support by default; building telnetd without kerberos support
-# requires the cross-build world to be built the same.
-#   -adrian
-
-# $FreeBSD$
-
-CRUNCH_PROGS_libexec+=	telnetd
-CRUNCH_PROGS_usr.bin+=	telnet
-CRUNCH_LIBS+=		-lkrb5 -lhx509 -lasn1 -lcom_err -lroken -ltelnetd
-# CRUNCH_BUILDOPTS_telnetd=	MK_KERBEROS_SUPPORT=no