diff --git a/etc/rc.subr b/etc/rc.subr
index 3a6f76a933fb..4748e258255d 100644
--- a/etc/rc.subr
+++ b/etc/rc.subr
@@ -1060,10 +1060,6 @@ load_rc_config()
 		. /etc/rc.conf.d/"$_name"
 	fi
 
-	# Old variable name support -- Remove before 9.0-RELEASE
-	#
-	[ -n "$enable_quotas" ] && err 1 "enable_quotas is deprecated, use quota_enable"
-
 	# Set defaults if defined.
 	for _var in $rcvar $rcvars; do
 		_defval=`eval echo "\\\$${_var}_defval"`