diff --git a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c
index 06316a861a2f..b82982b6a81d 100644
--- a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c
+++ b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c
@@ -464,12 +464,6 @@ nfs_mountroot(struct mount *mp)
 	}
 #endif
 
-#if 0 /* QL: XXX */
-	error = ifioctl(so, SIOCAIFADDR, (caddr_t)&nd->myif, td);
-	if (error)
-		panic("nfs_mountroot: SIOCAIFADDR: %d", error);
-#endif
-
 	if ((cp = getenv("boot.netif.mtu")) != NULL) {
 		ir.ifr_mtu = strtol(cp, NULL, 10);
 		bcopy(nd->myif.ifra_name, ir.ifr_name, IFNAMSIZ);