diff --git a/sys/net/pfil.h b/sys/net/pfil.h
index da045b30c6e..5caee0e715f 100644
--- a/sys/net/pfil.h
+++ b/sys/net/pfil.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct pfilioc_link {
 
 #define	PFIL_IN		0x00010000
 #define	PFIL_OUT	0x00020000
-#define	PFIL_FWD	0x00040000
+/* UNUSED		0x00040000 */
 #define	PFIL_DIR(f)	((f) & (PFIL_IN|PFIL_OUT))
 #define	PFIL_MEMPTR	0x00080000
 #define	PFIL_HEADPTR	0x00100000
diff --git a/sys/netinet/ip_fastfwd.c b/sys/netinet/ip_fastfwd.c
index 02a6be78d24..33cd08a0005 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/ip_fastfwd.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/ip_fastfwd.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ passin:
 		goto passout;
 
 	if (pfil_run_hooks(V_inet_pfil_head, &m, nh->nh_ifp,
-	    PFIL_OUT | PFIL_FWD, NULL) != PFIL_PASS)
+	    PFIL_OUT, NULL) != PFIL_PASS)
 		goto drop;
 
 	M_ASSERTVALID(m);
diff --git a/sys/netinet/ip_output.c b/sys/netinet/ip_output.c
index a502f50ac4d..db39663e508 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/ip_output.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/ip_output.c
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ ip_output_pfil(struct mbuf **mp, struct ifnet *ifp, int flags,
 	struct ip *ip;
 	int pflags = PFIL_OUT;
 
-	if (flags & IP_FORWARDING)
-		pflags |= PFIL_FWD;
-
 	m = *mp;
 	ip = mtod(m, struct ip *);
 
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/ip6_fastfwd.c b/sys/netinet6/ip6_fastfwd.c
index b6a8af8013c..34c04f4ec68 100644
--- a/sys/netinet6/ip6_fastfwd.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/ip6_fastfwd.c
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ passin:
 	/*
 	 * Outgoing packet firewall processing.
 	 */
-	if (pfil_run_hooks(V_inet6_pfil_head, &m, nh->nh_ifp, PFIL_OUT |
-	    PFIL_FWD, NULL) != PFIL_PASS)
+	if (pfil_run_hooks(V_inet6_pfil_head, &m, nh->nh_ifp, PFIL_OUT,
+	    NULL) != PFIL_PASS)
 		goto dropout;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/ip6_forward.c b/sys/netinet6/ip6_forward.c
index d4306eea416..03ecaf32b7b 100644
--- a/sys/netinet6/ip6_forward.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/ip6_forward.c
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ again:
 
 	odst = ip6->ip6_dst;
 	/* Run through list of hooks for forwarded packets. */
-	if (pfil_run_hooks(V_inet6_pfil_head, &m, nh->nh_ifp, PFIL_OUT |
-	    PFIL_FWD, NULL) != PFIL_PASS)
+	if (pfil_run_hooks(V_inet6_pfil_head, &m, nh->nh_ifp, PFIL_OUT,
+	    NULL) != PFIL_PASS)
 		goto freecopy;
 	ip6 = mtod(m, struct ip6_hdr *);