diff --git a/sys/amd64/include/param.h b/sys/amd64/include/param.h
index 86f7e08d9725..ac3df693e4d4 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/include/param.h
+++ b/sys/amd64/include/param.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 #define	MACHINE_ARCH32	"i386"
 #endif
 
-#if defined(SMP) || defined(KLD_MODULE)
+#ifdef SMP
 #ifndef MAXCPU
 #define MAXCPU		256
 #endif
diff --git a/sys/arm/include/param.h b/sys/arm/include/param.h
index 39dcc5e341bf..ff5c271dfb2e 100644
--- a/sys/arm/include/param.h
+++ b/sys/arm/include/param.h
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@
 #define	MACHINE_ARCH	"arm" _V_SUFFIX _EB_SUFFIX
 #endif
 
-#if defined(SMP) || defined(KLD_MODULE)
+#ifdef SMP
 #ifndef MAXCPU
 #define	MAXCPU		4
 #endif
 #else
 #define	MAXCPU		1
-#endif /* SMP || KLD_MODULE */
+#endif
 
 #ifndef MAXMEMDOM
 #define	MAXMEMDOM	1
diff --git a/sys/arm64/include/param.h b/sys/arm64/include/param.h
index 63c603bed3ed..1164965ca12f 100644
--- a/sys/arm64/include/param.h
+++ b/sys/arm64/include/param.h
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@
 #define	MACHINE_ARCH32	"armv7"
 #endif
 
-#if defined(SMP) || defined(KLD_MODULE)
+#ifdef SMP
 #ifndef MAXCPU
 #define	MAXCPU		256
 #endif
 #else
 #define	MAXCPU		1
-#endif /* SMP || KLD_MODULE */
+#endif
 
 #ifndef MAXMEMDOM
 #define	MAXMEMDOM	2
diff --git a/sys/i386/include/param.h b/sys/i386/include/param.h
index 7b1d05eebf15..260ef14c9431 100644
--- a/sys/i386/include/param.h
+++ b/sys/i386/include/param.h
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@
 #endif
 #define MID_MACHINE	MID_I386
 
-#if defined(SMP) || defined(KLD_MODULE)
+#ifdef SMP
 #ifndef MAXCPU
 #define MAXCPU		32
 #endif
 #else
 #define MAXCPU		1
-#endif /* SMP || KLD_MODULE */
+#endif
 
 #ifndef MAXMEMDOM
 #define	MAXMEMDOM	1
diff --git a/sys/powerpc/include/param.h b/sys/powerpc/include/param.h
index 8c43f5a8faae..c7726049fc1a 100644
--- a/sys/powerpc/include/param.h
+++ b/sys/powerpc/include/param.h
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#if defined(SMP) || defined(KLD_MODULE)
+#ifdef SMP
 #ifndef MAXCPU
 #define	MAXCPU		256
 #endif
 #else
 #define	MAXCPU		1
-#endif /* SMP || KLD_MODULE */
+#endif
 
 #ifndef MAXMEMDOM
 #define	MAXMEMDOM	8
diff --git a/sys/riscv/include/param.h b/sys/riscv/include/param.h
index 4b4610bea8d1..94e18c580417 100644
--- a/sys/riscv/include/param.h
+++ b/sys/riscv/include/param.h
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@
 #define	MACHINE_ARCH	"riscv64"
 #endif
 
-#if defined(SMP) || defined(KLD_MODULE)
+#ifdef SMP
 #ifndef MAXCPU
 #define	MAXCPU		16
 #endif
 #else
 #define	MAXCPU		1
-#endif /* SMP || KLD_MODULE */
+#endif
 
 #ifndef MAXMEMDOM
 #define	MAXMEMDOM	1