diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c b/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
index 93140c900c3..23de658b536 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
@@ -850,7 +850,6 @@ getnewvnode(tag, mp, vops, vpp)
 	*vpp = vp;
 	vp->v_usecount = 1;
 	vp->v_data = 0;
-	vp->v_cachedid = -1;
 	VI_UNLOCK(vp);
 	if (pollinfo != NULL) {
 		knlist_destroy(&pollinfo->vpi_selinfo.si_note);
@@ -2951,7 +2950,6 @@ sysctl_vnode(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
 			case VREG:
 			case VDIR:
 			case VLNK:
-				xvn[n].xv_ino = vp->v_cachedid;
 				break;
 			case VBLK:
 			case VCHR:
diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c b/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c
index 3ca3890bcf1..d8196889dc1 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c
@@ -231,9 +231,6 @@ restart:
 				goto bad;
 		}
 	}
-	if ((error = VOP_GETATTR(vp, vap, cred, td)) == 0) {
-		vp->v_cachedid = vap->va_fileid;
-	}
 	if ((error = VOP_OPEN(vp, fmode, cred, td, fdidx)) != 0)
 		goto bad;
 	/*
@@ -667,8 +664,6 @@ vn_stat(vp, sb, active_cred, file_cred, td)
 	if (error)
 		return (error);
 
-	vp->v_cachedid = vap->va_fileid;
-
 	/*
 	 * Zero the spare stat fields
 	 */
diff --git a/sys/sys/vnode.h b/sys/sys/vnode.h
index f1d6f7c57cb..a866cb658a2 100644
--- a/sys/sys/vnode.h
+++ b/sys/sys/vnode.h
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ struct vnode {
 	const char *filename;			/* Source file doing locking */
 	int line;				/* Line number doing locking */
 #endif
-	ino_t	v_cachedid;			/* cached file id */
 };
 
 #endif /* defined(_KERNEL) || defined(_KVM_VNODE) */