diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c b/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c
index 09d748f69457..bc78785aea90 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c
@@ -1650,9 +1650,6 @@ fdallocn(struct thread *td, int minfd, int *fds, int n)
 
 	FILEDESC_XLOCK_ASSERT(fdp);
 
-	if (!fdavail(td, n))
-		return (EMFILE);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
 		if (fdalloc(td, 0, &fds[i]) != 0)
 			break;
@@ -1666,35 +1663,6 @@ fdallocn(struct thread *td, int minfd, int *fds, int n)
 	return (0);
 }
 
-/*
- * Check to see whether n user file descriptors are available to the process
- * p.
- */
-int
-fdavail(struct thread *td, int n)
-{
-	struct proc *p = td->td_proc;
-	struct filedesc *fdp = td->td_proc->p_fd;
-	int i, lim, last;
-
-	FILEDESC_LOCK_ASSERT(fdp);
-
-	/*
-	 * XXX: This is only called from uipc_usrreq.c:unp_externalize();
-	 *      call racct_add() from there instead of dealing with containers
-	 *      here.
-	 */
-	lim = getmaxfd(p);
-	if ((i = lim - fdp->fd_nfiles) > 0 && (n -= i) <= 0)
-		return (1);
-	last = min(fdp->fd_nfiles, lim);
-	for (i = fdp->fd_freefile; i < last; i++) {
-		if (fdp->fd_ofiles[i].fde_file == NULL && --n <= 0)
-			return (1);
-	}
-	return (0);
-}
-
 /*
  * Create a new open file structure and allocate a file decriptor for the
  * process that refers to it.  We add one reference to the file for the
diff --git a/sys/sys/filedesc.h b/sys/sys/filedesc.h
index 968ceffe9ffa..516ef1b6192e 100644
--- a/sys/sys/filedesc.h
+++ b/sys/sys/filedesc.h
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ int	finstall(struct thread *td, struct file *fp, int *resultfp, int flags,
 	    struct filecaps *fcaps);
 int	fdalloc(struct thread *td, int minfd, int *result);
 int	fdallocn(struct thread *td, int minfd, int *fds, int n);
-int	fdavail(struct thread *td, int n);
 int	fdcheckstd(struct thread *td);
 void	fdclose(struct filedesc *fdp, struct file *fp, int idx, struct thread *td);
 void	fdcloseexec(struct thread *td);