diff --git a/ObsoleteFiles.inc b/ObsoleteFiles.inc
index 6262ba8c2a1f..2e28bba873e0 100644
--- a/ObsoleteFiles.inc
+++ b/ObsoleteFiles.inc
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 #   xargs -n1 | sort | uniq -d;
 # done
 
+# 20180505: rhosts
+OLD_FILES+=usr/share/skel/dot.rhosts
 # 20180502: retire ixgb
 OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man4/if_ixgb.4.gz
 OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man4/ixgb.4.gz
diff --git a/share/skel/Makefile b/share/skel/Makefile
index 6b67d2bdbec5..b9adb972f7b1 100644
--- a/share/skel/Makefile
+++ b/share/skel/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 FILESGROUPS=	FILES1 FILES2
 FILES1=		dot.cshrc dot.login dot.login_conf dot.mailrc dot.profile \
 		dot.shrc
-FILES2=		dot.mail_aliases dot.rhosts 
+FILES2=		dot.mail_aliases
 FILES1DIR=	${SHAREDIR}/skel
 FILES2DIR=	${SHAREDIR}/skel
 FILES1MODE=	0644
diff --git a/share/skel/dot.rhosts b/share/skel/dot.rhosts
deleted file mode 100644
index 30132d57c4be..000000000000
--- a/share/skel/dot.rhosts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# $FreeBSD$
-#
-# .rhosts - trusted remote host name and user data base
-#
-# see hosts.equiv(5), rsh(1), rlogin(1), rcp(1)
-#
-# This file should NOT be group or other readable.
-# OtherMachine
-# OtherMachine myFriend