diff --git a/lib/libstand/bootp.c b/lib/libstand/bootp.c
index 365726e61da..1f5cf9e2646 100644
--- a/lib/libstand/bootp.c
+++ b/lib/libstand/bootp.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ size_t bootp_response_size;
 
 /* Fetch required bootp infomation */
 void
-bootp(int sock, int flag)
+bootp(int sock)
 {
 	void *pkt;
 	struct iodesc *d;
@@ -138,32 +138,29 @@ bootp(int sock, int flag)
 	bp->bp_vend[6] = DHCPDISCOVER;
 
 	/*
-	 * If we are booting from PXE, we want to send the string
+	 * We are booting from PXE, we want to send the string
 	 * 'PXEClient' to the DHCP server so you have the option of
 	 * only responding to PXE aware dhcp requests.
 	 */
-	if (flag & BOOTP_PXE) {
-		bp->bp_vend[7] = TAG_CLASSID;
-		bp->bp_vend[8] = 9;
-		bcopy("PXEClient", &bp->bp_vend[9], 9);
-		bp->bp_vend[18] = TAG_USER_CLASS;
-		/* len of each user class + number of user class */
-		bp->bp_vend[19] = 8;
-		/* len of the first user class */
-		bp->bp_vend[20] = 7;
-		bcopy("FREEBSD", &bp->bp_vend[21], 7);
-		bp->bp_vend[28] = TAG_PARAM_REQ;
-		bp->bp_vend[29] = 7;
-		bp->bp_vend[30] = TAG_ROOTPATH;
-		bp->bp_vend[31] = TAG_HOSTNAME;
-		bp->bp_vend[32] = TAG_SWAPSERVER;
-		bp->bp_vend[33] = TAG_GATEWAY;
-		bp->bp_vend[34] = TAG_SUBNET_MASK;
-		bp->bp_vend[35] = TAG_INTF_MTU;
-		bp->bp_vend[36] = TAG_SERVERID;
-		bp->bp_vend[37] = TAG_END;
-	} else
-		bp->bp_vend[7] = TAG_END;
+	bp->bp_vend[7] = TAG_CLASSID;
+	bp->bp_vend[8] = 9;
+	bcopy("PXEClient", &bp->bp_vend[9], 9);
+	bp->bp_vend[18] = TAG_USER_CLASS;
+	/* len of each user class + number of user class */
+	bp->bp_vend[19] = 8;
+	/* len of the first user class */
+	bp->bp_vend[20] = 7;
+	bcopy("FREEBSD", &bp->bp_vend[21], 7);
+	bp->bp_vend[28] = TAG_PARAM_REQ;
+	bp->bp_vend[29] = 7;
+	bp->bp_vend[30] = TAG_ROOTPATH;
+	bp->bp_vend[31] = TAG_HOSTNAME;
+	bp->bp_vend[32] = TAG_SWAPSERVER;
+	bp->bp_vend[33] = TAG_GATEWAY;
+	bp->bp_vend[34] = TAG_SUBNET_MASK;
+	bp->bp_vend[35] = TAG_INTF_MTU;
+	bp->bp_vend[36] = TAG_SERVERID;
+	bp->bp_vend[37] = TAG_END;
 #else
 	bp->bp_vend[4] = TAG_END;
 #endif
@@ -199,13 +196,10 @@ bootp(int sock, int flag)
 		bp->bp_vend[20] = 4;
 		leasetime = htonl(300);
 		bcopy(&leasetime, &bp->bp_vend[21], 4);
-		if (flag & BOOTP_PXE) {
-			bp->bp_vend[25] = TAG_CLASSID;
-			bp->bp_vend[26] = 9;
-			bcopy("PXEClient", &bp->bp_vend[27], 9);
-			bp->bp_vend[36] = TAG_END;
-		} else
-			bp->bp_vend[25] = TAG_END;
+		bp->bp_vend[25] = TAG_CLASSID;
+		bp->bp_vend[26] = 9;
+		bcopy("PXEClient", &bp->bp_vend[27], 9);
+		bp->bp_vend[36] = TAG_END;
 
 		expected_dhcpmsgtype = DHCPACK;
 
diff --git a/lib/libstand/bootp.h b/lib/libstand/bootp.h
index 1224fd2c6bc..2e7049b872a 100644
--- a/lib/libstand/bootp.h
+++ b/lib/libstand/bootp.h
@@ -123,12 +123,6 @@ struct bootp {
 #define DHCPRELEASE 7
 #endif
 
-/*
- * bootp flags
- */
-#define	BOOTP_NONE		0x0000		/* No flags */
-#define	BOOTP_PXE		0x0001		/* Booting from PXE. */
-
 /*
  * "vendor" data permitted for CMU bootp clients.
  */
diff --git a/lib/libstand/net.h b/lib/libstand/net.h
index dc2538ca65b..cc946c15ff5 100644
--- a/lib/libstand/net.h
+++ b/lib/libstand/net.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ ssize_t	sendrecv(struct iodesc *,
 			void **, void **);
 
 /* bootp/DHCP */
-void	bootp(int, int);
+void	bootp(int);
 
 /* Utilities: */
 char	*ether_sprintf(u_char *);
diff --git a/sys/boot/common/dev_net.c b/sys/boot/common/dev_net.c
index f4136b0f5bb..96e588a9924 100644
--- a/sys/boot/common/dev_net.c
+++ b/sys/boot/common/dev_net.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ net_getparams(int sock)
 			d->myip = myip;
 		}
 		if (rc < 0)
-			bootp(sock, BOOTP_NONE);
+			bootp(sock);
 	}
 	if (myip.s_addr != 0)
 		goto exit;