diff --git a/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c b/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c
index eaeb0b03152..f7507dc1381 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c
@@ -123,12 +123,6 @@ SYSCTL_INT(_net_inet_udp, OID_AUTO, blackhole, CTLFLAG_VNET | CTLFLAG_RW,
     &VNET_NAME(udp_blackhole), 0,
     "Do not send port unreachables for refused connects");
 
-static VNET_DEFINE(int, udp_require_l2_bcast) = 0;
-#define	V_udp_require_l2_bcast		VNET(udp_require_l2_bcast)
-SYSCTL_INT(_net_inet_udp, OID_AUTO, require_l2_bcast, CTLFLAG_VNET | CTLFLAG_RW,
-    &VNET_NAME(udp_require_l2_bcast), 0,
-    "Only treat packets sent to an L2 broadcast address as broadcast packets");
-
 u_long	udp_sendspace = 9216;		/* really max datagram size */
 SYSCTL_ULONG(_net_inet_udp, UDPCTL_MAXDGRAM, maxdgram, CTLFLAG_RW,
     &udp_sendspace, 0, "Maximum outgoing UDP datagram size");
@@ -529,8 +523,7 @@ udp_input(struct mbuf **mp, int *offp, int proto)
 
 	pcbinfo = udp_get_inpcbinfo(proto);
 	if (IN_MULTICAST(ntohl(ip->ip_dst.s_addr)) ||
-	    ((!V_udp_require_l2_bcast || m->m_flags & M_BCAST) &&
-	    in_broadcast(ip->ip_dst, ifp))) {
+	    in_broadcast(ip->ip_dst, ifp)) {
 		struct inpcb *last;
 		struct inpcbhead *pcblist;
 		struct ip_moptions *imo;