diff --git a/sys/ia64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/ia64/conf/GENERIC
index 69fc482e7c55..196e5becc811 100644
--- a/sys/ia64/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/ia64/conf/GENERIC
@@ -190,11 +190,6 @@ options		IEEE80211_SUPPORT_MESH
 # builds everything including AR5416 (and later 11n NIC) support.
 options		AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
 
-# FireWire support
-device		fwip		# IP over FireWire (RFC 2734,3146)
-# sbp(4) works for some systems but causes boot failure on others
-#device		sbp		# SCSI over FireWire (need scbus & da)
-
 # Various (pseudo) devices
 device		ether		# Ethernet support
 device		faith		# IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation)