diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.conf b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
index c6f1218ed98d..c2941c770b56 100644
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.conf
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
@@ -652,17 +652,11 @@ ldconfig_paths="/usr/lib/compat ${_localbase}/lib ${_localbase}/lib/compat/pkg"
 			# shared library search paths
 ldconfig32_paths="/usr/lib32 /usr/lib32/compat"
 			# 32-bit compatibility shared library search paths
-ldconfigsoft_paths="/usr/libsoft /usr/libsoft/compat ${_localbase}/libsoft"
-			# soft float compatibility shared library search paths
-			# Note: temporarily with extra stuff for transition
 ldconfig_local_dirs="${_localbase}/libdata/ldconfig"
 			# Local directories with ldconfig configuration files.
 ldconfig_local32_dirs="${_localbase}/libdata/ldconfig32"
 			# Local directories with 32-bit compatibility ldconfig
 			# configuration files.
-ldconfig_localsoft_dirs="${_localbase}/libdata/ldconfigsoft"
-			# Local directories with soft float compatibility ldconfig
-			# configuration files.
 kern_securelevel_enable="NO"	# kernel security level (see security(7))
 kern_securelevel="-1"	# range: -1..3 ; `-1' is the most insecure
 			# Note that setting securelevel to 0 will result
diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/ldconfig b/libexec/rc/rc.d/ldconfig
index 03627df6da06..39c5f0f2a46d 100755
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/ldconfig
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/ldconfig
@@ -64,27 +64,6 @@ ldconfig_start()
 			;;
 		esac
 
-		case ${machine_arch} in
-		armv[67])
-			for i in ${ldconfig_localsoft_dirs}; do
-				if [ -d "${i}" ]; then
-					_files=`find ${i} -type f`
-					if [ -n "${_files}" ]; then
-						ldconfigsoft_paths="${ldconfigsoft_paths} `cat ${_files} | sort -u`"
-					fi
-				fi
-			done
-			_LDC=""
-			for i in ${ldconfigsoft_paths}; do
-				if [ -r "${i}" ]; then
-					_LDC="${_LDC} ${i}"
-				fi
-			done
-			check_startmsgs &&
-			    echo 'Soft Float compatibility ldconfig path:' ${_LDC}
-			${ldconfig} -soft ${_ins} ${_LDC}
-			;;
-		esac
 	fi
 }