diff --git a/src/etc/netstart b/src/etc/netstart
index dabe496d..d0f72677 100644
--- a/src/etc/netstart
+++ b/src/etc/netstart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$OpenBSD: netstart,v 1.34 1997/12/21 01:17:21 deraadt Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: netstart,v 1.35 1998/02/07 20:51:50 deraadt Exp $
 
 # /etc/myname contains my symbolic name
 #
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ else
 	nat=NO
 fi
 
-if [ X"${ipforward}" = X"YES" ]; then
-	sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
-fi
-
 # set the address for the loopback interface
 ifconfig lo0 inet localhost
 
diff --git a/src/etc/rc.conf b/src/etc/rc.conf
index e18dbe5c..b0ffec36 100644
--- a/src/etc/rc.conf
+++ b/src/etc/rc.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$OpenBSD: rc.conf,v 1.10 1998/02/05 09:54:37 deraadt Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: rc.conf,v 1.11 1998/02/07 20:51:50 deraadt Exp $
 
 # set these to "NO" to turn them off.  otherwise, they're used as flags
 routed_flags=NO		# for 'normal' use: routed_flags="-q"
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ portmap=YES			# almost always needed
 inetd=YES			# almost always needed
 lpd=NO				# printing daemons
 check_quotas=YES		# NO may be desireable in some YP environments
-ipforward=NO			# route packets between interfaces
 
 # miscellaneous other flags
 # only used if the appropriate server is marked YES above