diff --git a/sys/mips/conf/ADM5120.hints b/sys/mips/conf/ADM5120.hints
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c8af419fb3f..000000000000
--- a/sys/mips/conf/ADM5120.hints
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# $FreeBSD$
-# device.hints
-hint.obio.0.at="nexus0"
-hint.obio.0.maddr=0x0
-hint.obio.0.msize=0x1fffffff
-
-# host-to-pci bridge
-hint.pcib.0.at="obio0"
-hint.pcib.0.maddr=0x11400000
-hint.pcib.0.msize=0x100000
-hint.pcib.0.io=0x11500000
-hint.pcib.0.iosize=0x100000
-
-# on-board switch engine
-hint.admsw.0.at="obio0"
-hint.admsw.0.maddr=0x12000000
-hint.admsw.0.msize=0x200000
-hint.admsw.0.irq=9
-
-# uart0
-hint.uart.0.at="obio0"
-hint.uart.0.maddr=0x12600000
-hint.uart.0.msize=0x200000
-hint.uart.0.irq=1
diff --git a/sys/mips/conf/IDT.hints b/sys/mips/conf/IDT.hints
deleted file mode 100644
index eae6fbb72196..000000000000
--- a/sys/mips/conf/IDT.hints
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# $FreeBSD$
-# device.hints
-hint.obio.0.at="nexus0"
-hint.obio.0.maddr=0x0
-hint.obio.0.msize=0x1fffffff
-
-# host-to-pci bridge
-hint.pcib.0.at="obio0"
-# hint.pcib.0.maddr=0x11400000
-# hint.pcib.0.msize=0x100000
-# hint.pcib.0.io=0x11500000
-# hint.pcib.0.iosize=0x100000
-
-# uart0
-hint.uart.0.at="obio0"
-hint.uart.0.maddr=0x18058000
-hint.uart.0.msize=0x1C
-hint.uart.0.irq=104
-
-hint.kr.0.at="obio0"
-hint.kr.0.maddr=0x18060000
-hint.kr.0.msize=0x10000