diff --git a/tests/sys/geom/class/gate/conf.sh b/tests/sys/geom/class/gate/conf.sh
index 4eede088ad2..7e22ce46af6 100755
--- a/tests/sys/geom/class/gate/conf.sh
+++ b/tests/sys/geom/class/gate/conf.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@ name="$(mktemp -u gate.XXXXXX)"
 class="gate"
 base=`basename $0`
 
-kldstat -q -m g_${class} || kldload geom_${class} || exit 1
-
 . `dirname $0`/../geom_subr.sh