diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index da12e9899c64..3695815537e3 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -225,8 +225,6 @@ kern_securelevel_enable="NO"	# kernel security level (see init(8)),
 kern_securelevel="-1"	# range: -1..3 ; `-1' is the most insecure
 update_motd="YES"	# update version info in /etc/motd (or NO)
 start_vinum=""		# set to YES to start vinum
-vinum_drives=""		# put in names of disks containing vinum drives
-			# to start vinum on only specific disks.
 
 ##############################################################
 ### Allow local configuration override at the very end here ##
diff --git a/etc/rc b/etc/rc
index f0463ccfc6aa..1553845e244d 100644
--- a/etc/rc
+++ b/etc/rc
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ case ${start_vinum} in
 [Yy][Ee][Ss])
 	vinum start
 	;;
-*)
-	if [ -n "${vinum_drives}" ]; then
-		vinum read ${vinum_drives}
-	fi
-	;;
 esac
 
 swapon -a