diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c b/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
index 6976c3b2a06e..c2f6c50939db 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
@@ -179,12 +179,6 @@ SYSCTL_ULONG(_vfs, OID_AUTO, free_owe_inact, CTLFLAG_RD, &free_owe_inact, 0,
     "Number of times free vnodes kept on active list due to VFS "
     "owing inactivation");
 
-/*
- * Cache for the mount type id assigned to NFS.  This is used for
- * special checks in nfs/nfs_nqlease.c and vm/vnode_pager.c.
- */
-int	nfs_mount_type = -1;
-
 /* To keep more than one thread at a time from running vfs_getnewfsid */
 static struct mtx mntid_mtx;
 
diff --git a/sys/sys/mount.h b/sys/sys/mount.h
index e4eb43d41ebe..f11f8f5389f0 100644
--- a/sys/sys/mount.h
+++ b/sys/sys/mount.h
@@ -590,7 +590,6 @@ struct uio;
 MALLOC_DECLARE(M_MOUNT);
 #endif
 extern int maxvfsconf;		/* highest defined filesystem type */
-extern int nfs_mount_type;	/* vfc_typenum for nfs, or -1 */
 
 TAILQ_HEAD(vfsconfhead, vfsconf);
 extern struct vfsconfhead vfsconf;
diff --git a/sys/vm/vnode_pager.c b/sys/vm/vnode_pager.c
index 7cddbd8c09cf..c3eebc3a6d7f 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vnode_pager.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vnode_pager.c
@@ -822,12 +822,10 @@ vnode_pager_generic_getpages(struct vnode *vp, vm_page_t *m, int bytecount,
 		return (VM_PAGER_ERROR);
 
 		/*
-		 * if the blocksize is smaller than a page size, then use
-		 * special small filesystem code.  NFS sometimes has a small
-		 * blocksize, but it can handle large reads itself.
+		 * If the blocksize is smaller than a page size, then use
+		 * special small filesystem code.
 		 */
-	} else if ((PAGE_SIZE / bsize) > 1 &&
-	    (vp->v_mount->mnt_stat.f_type != nfs_mount_type)) {
+	} else if ((PAGE_SIZE / bsize) > 1) {
 		relpbuf(bp, freecnt);
 		vm_pager_free_nonreq(object, m, reqpage, count, FALSE);
 		PCPU_INC(cnt.v_vnodein);