diff --git a/usr.sbin/bad144/bad144.c b/usr.sbin/bad144/bad144.c
index bd5c53fb762b..9929c09e53e5 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bad144/bad144.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/bad144/bad144.c
@@ -385,11 +385,6 @@ main(argc, argv)
 		if (badfile != -1)
 			break;
 	}
-#ifdef vax
-	if (nflag == 0 && fflag)
-		for (i = nbad - new; i < nbad; i++)
-			format(f, bn[i]);
-#endif
 	if (nflag == 0 && (dp->d_flags & D_BADSECT) == 0) {
 		dp->d_flags |= D_BADSECT;
 		dp->d_checksum = 0;
@@ -615,146 +610,3 @@ badsn(bt)
 		+ (bt->bt_trksec&0xff));
 }
 
-#ifdef vax
-
-struct rp06hdr {
-	short	h_cyl;
-	short	h_trksec;
-	short	h_key1;
-	short	h_key2;
-	char	h_data[512];
-#define	RP06_FMT	010000		/* 1 == 16 bit, 0 == 18 bit */
-};
-
-/*
- * Most massbus and unibus drives
- * have headers of this form
- */
-struct hpuphdr {
-	u_short	hpup_cyl;
-	u_char	hpup_sect;
-	u_char	hpup_track;
-	char	hpup_data[512];
-#define	HPUP_OKSECT	0xc000		/* this normally means sector is good */
-#define	HPUP_16BIT	0x1000		/* 1 == 16 bit format */
-};
-int rp06format(), hpupformat();
-
-struct	formats {
-	char	*f_name;		/* disk name */
-	int	f_bufsize;		/* size of sector + header */
-	int	f_bic;			/* value to bic in hpup_cyl */
-	int	(*f_routine)();		/* routine for special handling */
-} formats[] = {
-	{ "rp06",	sizeof (struct rp06hdr), RP06_FMT,	rp06format },
-	{ "eagle",	sizeof (struct hpuphdr), HPUP_OKSECT,	hpupformat },
-	{ "capricorn",	sizeof (struct hpuphdr), HPUP_OKSECT,	hpupformat },
-	{ "rm03",	sizeof (struct hpuphdr), HPUP_OKSECT,	hpupformat },
-	{ "rm05",	sizeof (struct hpuphdr), HPUP_OKSECT,	hpupformat },
-	{ "9300",	sizeof (struct hpuphdr), HPUP_OKSECT,	hpupformat },
-	{ "9766",	sizeof (struct hpuphdr), HPUP_OKSECT,	hpupformat },
-	{ 0, 0, 0, 0 }
-};
-
-/*ARGSUSED*/
-hpupformat(fp, dp, blk, buf, count)
-	struct formats *fp;
-	struct disklabel *dp;
-	daddr_t blk;
-	char *buf;
-	int count;
-{
-	struct hpuphdr *hdr = (struct hpuphdr *)buf;
-	int sect;
-
-	if (count < sizeof(struct hpuphdr)) {
-		hdr->hpup_cyl = (HPUP_OKSECT | HPUP_16BIT) |
-			(blk / (dp->d_nsectors * dp->d_ntracks));
-		sect = blk % (dp->d_nsectors * dp->d_ntracks);
-		hdr->hpup_track = (u_char)(sect / dp->d_nsectors);
-		hdr->hpup_sect = (u_char)(sect % dp->d_nsectors);
-	}
-	return (0);
-}
-
-/*ARGSUSED*/
-rp06format(fp, dp, blk, buf, count)
-	struct formats *fp;
-	struct disklabel *dp;
-	daddr_t blk;
-	char *buf;
-	int count;
-{
-
-	if (count < sizeof(struct rp06hdr)) {
-		warnx("can't read header on blk %d, can't reformat", blk);
-		return (-1);
-	}
-	return (0);
-}
-
-format(fd, blk)
-	int fd;
-	daddr_t blk;
-{
-	register struct formats *fp;
-	static char *buf;
-	static char bufsize;
-	struct format_op fop;
-	int n;
-
-	for (fp = formats; fp->f_name; fp++)
-		if (strncmp(dp->d_typename, fp->f_name, sizeof(dp->d_typename))
-		    == 0 && strlen(fp->f_name) <= sizeof(dp->d_typename))
-			break;
-	if (fp->f_name == 0)
-		errx(2, "don't know how to format %.*s disks",
-		    (int)sizeof(dp->d_typename), dp->d_typename);
-	if (buf && bufsize < fp->f_bufsize) {
-		free(buf);
-		buf = NULL;
-	}
-	if (buf == NULL)
-		buf = malloc((unsigned)fp->f_bufsize);
-	if (buf == NULL)
-		errx(3, "can't allocate sector buffer");
-	bufsize = fp->f_bufsize;
-	/*
-	 * Here we do the actual formatting.  All we really
-	 * do is rewrite the sector header and flag the bad sector
-	 * according to the format table description.  If a special
-	 * purpose format routine is specified, we allow it to
-	 * process the sector as well.
-	 */
-	if (verbose)
-		printf("format blk %d\n", blk);
-	bzero((char *)&fop, sizeof(fop));
-	fop.df_buf = buf;
-	fop.df_count = fp->f_bufsize;
-	fop.df_startblk = blk;
-	bzero(buf, fp->f_bufsize);
-	if (ioctl(fd, DIOCRFORMAT, &fop) < 0)
-		warn("read format");
-	if (fp->f_routine &&
-	    (*fp->f_routine)(fp, dp, blk, buf, fop.df_count) != 0)
-		return;
-	if (fp->f_bic) {
-		struct hpuphdr *xp = (struct hpuphdr *)buf;
-
-		xp->hpup_cyl &= ~fp->f_bic;
-	}
-	if (nflag)
-		return;
-	bzero((char *)&fop, sizeof(fop));
-	fop.df_buf = buf;
-	fop.df_count = fp->f_bufsize;
-	fop.df_startblk = blk;
-	if (ioctl(fd, DIOCWFORMAT, &fop) < 0)
-		err(4, "write format");
-	if (fop.df_count != fp->f_bufsize) {
-		char msg[80];
-		(void)sprintf(msg, "write format %d", blk);
-		warn("%s", msg);
-	}
-}
-#endif