diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_exec.c b/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
index 488fc59d9aa3..65222363c747 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
@@ -838,7 +838,6 @@ exec_map_first_page(imgp)
 		    (ma[0]->valid == 0)) {
 			if (ma[0]) {
 				vm_page_lock_queues();
-				pmap_remove_all(ma[0]);
 				vm_page_free(ma[0]);
 				vm_page_unlock_queues();
 			}
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_fault.c b/sys/vm/vm_fault.c
index e0e238383d4e..e50d4edd3712 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_fault.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_fault.c
@@ -745,7 +745,6 @@ RetryFault:;
 				/*
 				 * get rid of the unnecessary page
 				 */
-				pmap_remove_all(fs.first_m);
 				vm_page_free(fs.first_m);
 				/*
 				 * grab the page and put it into the