diff --git a/tools/tools/makeroot/makeroot.sh b/tools/tools/makeroot/makeroot.sh
index e5b854604b2..a1b450e1d83 100755
--- a/tools/tools/makeroot/makeroot.sh
+++ b/tools/tools/makeroot/makeroot.sh
@@ -238,9 +238,5 @@ if [ -n "${SIZE}" ]; then
 SIZEFLAG="-s ${SIZE}"
 fi
 
-# Zero out subsecond component of time= keywords as they are currently not
-# supported by makefs
-sed -i '' -E 's/(time=[0-9]*)\.[0-9]*/\1.0/' ${manifest}
-
 cd ${BSDROOT}; makefs ${DUPFLAG} -N ${DBDIR} ${SIZEFLAG} ${BFLAG} \
      -t ffs ${LABELFLAG} -f 256 ${IMGFILE} ${manifest}