diff --git a/sys/amd64/linux32/linux32_sysvec.c b/sys/amd64/linux32/linux32_sysvec.c
index 3acee30ca6b..aaa7458ac7e 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/linux32/linux32_sysvec.c
+++ b/sys/amd64/linux32/linux32_sysvec.c
@@ -254,8 +254,6 @@ elf_linux_fixup(register_t **stack_base, struct image_params *imgp)
 	args = (Elf32_Auxargs *)imgp->auxargs;
 	pos = base + (imgp->args->argc + imgp->args->envc + 2);
 
-	if (args->trace)
-		AUXARGS_ENTRY_32(pos, AT_DEBUG, 1);
 	if (args->execfd != -1)
 		AUXARGS_ENTRY_32(pos, AT_EXECFD, args->execfd);
 	AUXARGS_ENTRY_32(pos, AT_PHDR, args->phdr);
diff --git a/sys/i386/linux/linux_sysvec.c b/sys/i386/linux/linux_sysvec.c
index 7444901267e..42365fbf13f 100644
--- a/sys/i386/linux/linux_sysvec.c
+++ b/sys/i386/linux/linux_sysvec.c
@@ -245,8 +245,6 @@ elf_linux_fixup(register_t **stack_base, struct image_params *imgp)
 	args = (Elf32_Auxargs *)imgp->auxargs;
 	pos = *stack_base + (imgp->args->argc + imgp->args->envc + 2);
 
-	if (args->trace)
-		AUXARGS_ENTRY(pos, AT_DEBUG, 1);
 	if (args->execfd != -1)
 		AUXARGS_ENTRY(pos, AT_EXECFD, args->execfd);
 	AUXARGS_ENTRY(pos, AT_PHDR, args->phdr);