diff --git a/sys/arch/sun3/sun3/machdep.c b/sys/arch/sun3/sun3/machdep.c
index 3beb7438058b..ccacb1df560f 100644
--- a/sys/arch/sun3/sun3/machdep.c
+++ b/sys/arch/sun3/sun3/machdep.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: machdep.c,v 1.145 2001/04/24 04:31:13 thorpej Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: machdep.c,v 1.146 2001/05/28 21:54:26 chs Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1994, 1995 Gordon W. Ross
@@ -291,15 +291,6 @@ cpu_startup()
 	format_bytes(pbuf, sizeof(pbuf), bufpages * NBPG);
 	printf("using %d buffers containing %s of memory\n", nbuf, pbuf);
 
-	/*
-	 * Tell the VM system that writing to kernel text isn't allowed.
-	 * If we don't, we might end up COW'ing the text segment!
-	 */
-	if (uvm_map_protect(kernel_map, (vm_offset_t) kernel_text,
-	    m68k_trunc_page((vm_offset_t) etext),
-	    UVM_PROT_READ|UVM_PROT_EXEC, TRUE) != 0)
-		panic("can't protect kernel text");
-
 	/*
 	 * Allocate a virtual page (for use by /dev/mem)
 	 * This page is handed to pmap_enter() therefore
diff --git a/sys/arch/sun3/sun3x/machdep.c b/sys/arch/sun3/sun3x/machdep.c
index b72927d16446..66286c1f82b8 100644
--- a/sys/arch/sun3/sun3x/machdep.c
+++ b/sys/arch/sun3/sun3x/machdep.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: machdep.c,v 1.66 2001/05/28 20:56:54 chs Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: machdep.c,v 1.67 2001/05/28 21:54:27 chs Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1988 University of Utah.
@@ -293,15 +293,6 @@ cpu_startup()
 	format_bytes(pbuf, sizeof(pbuf), bufpages * NBPG);
 	printf("using %d buffers containing %s of memory\n", nbuf, pbuf);
 
-	/*
-	 * Tell the VM system that writing to kernel text isn't allowed.
-	 * If we don't, we might end up COW'ing the text segment!
-	 */
-	if (uvm_map_protect(kernel_map, (vm_offset_t) kernel_text,
-	    m68k_trunc_page((vm_offset_t) etext),
-	    UVM_PROT_READ|UVM_PROT_EXEC, TRUE) != 0)
-		panic("can't protect kernel text");
-
 	/*
 	 * Allocate a virtual page (for use by /dev/mem)
 	 * This page is handed to pmap_enter() therefore