diff --git a/sys/amd64/conf/XENHVM b/sys/amd64/conf/XENHVM
index e5fc0496f92..ee745ec1944 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/conf/XENHVM
+++ b/sys/amd64/conf/XENHVM
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 include		GENERIC
 ident		XENHVM
 
-makeoptions	MODULES_OVERRIDE=""
-
 #
 # Adaptive locks rely on a lock-free pointer read to determine the run state
 # of the thread holding a lock when under contention; under a virtualisation
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/XENHVM b/sys/i386/conf/XENHVM
index 672716bfa14..9e1b52ef407 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/XENHVM
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/XENHVM
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 include		GENERIC
 ident		XENHVM
 
-makeoptions	MODULES_OVERRIDE=""
-
 #
 # Adaptive locks rely on a lock-free pointer read to determine the run state
 # of the thread holding a lock when under contention; under a virtualisation