diff --git a/sys/dev/ixgbe/if_ix.c b/sys/dev/ixgbe/if_ix.c
index aab1b6a4862f..3787db390771 100644
--- a/sys/dev/ixgbe/if_ix.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ixgbe/if_ix.c
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ SYSCTL_INT(_hw_ix, OID_AUTO, max_interrupt_rate, CTLFLAG_RDTUN,
 
 /* How many packets rxeof tries to clean at a time */
 static int ixgbe_rx_process_limit = 256;
-TUNABLE_INT("hw.ixgbe.rx_process_limit", &ixgbe_rx_process_limit);
 SYSCTL_INT(_hw_ix, OID_AUTO, rx_process_limit, CTLFLAG_RDTUN,
     &ixgbe_rx_process_limit, 0,
     "Maximum number of received packets to process at a time,"
@@ -281,7 +280,6 @@ SYSCTL_INT(_hw_ix, OID_AUTO, rx_process_limit, CTLFLAG_RDTUN,
 
 /* How many packets txeof tries to clean at a time */
 static int ixgbe_tx_process_limit = 256;
-TUNABLE_INT("hw.ixgbe.tx_process_limit", &ixgbe_tx_process_limit);
 SYSCTL_INT(_hw_ix, OID_AUTO, tx_process_limit, CTLFLAG_RDTUN,
     &ixgbe_tx_process_limit, 0,
     "Maximum number of sent packets to process at a time,"