diff --git a/sys/arch/alpha/alpha/autoconf.c b/sys/arch/alpha/alpha/autoconf.c
index 667bf7ca6b2d..1e28caad08b3 100644
--- a/sys/arch/alpha/alpha/autoconf.c
+++ b/sys/arch/alpha/alpha/autoconf.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $NetBSD: autoconf.c,v 1.28 1997/09/23 23:15:42 mjacob Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: autoconf.c,v 1.29 1998/01/09 17:06:35 drochner Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>			/* RCS ID & Copyright macro defns */
 
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: autoconf.c,v 1.28 1997/09/23 23:15:42 mjacob Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: autoconf.c,v 1.29 1998/01/09 17:06:35 drochner Exp $");
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/systm.h>
@@ -60,13 +60,6 @@ __KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: autoconf.c,v 1.28 1997/09/23 23:15:42 mjacob Exp $")
 #include <machine/prom.h>
 #include <machine/conf.h>
 
-/*
- * The Alpha console firmware network boots using the BOOTP
- * protocol, so we ask the NFS code to use BOOTP as well, in
- * case we have NFS root.
- */
-int nfs_boot_rfc951 = 1;
-
 struct device		*booted_device;
 int			booted_partition;
 struct bootdev_data	*bootdev_data;