diff --git a/sys/kern/imgact_aout.c b/sys/kern/imgact_aout.c
index 12086fa3a06..572bc47bcd2 100644
--- a/sys/kern/imgact_aout.c
+++ b/sys/kern/imgact_aout.c
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ exec_aout_imgact(imgp)
 	unsigned long bss_size;
 	int error;
 
-	GIANT_REQUIRED;
-
 	/*
 	 * Linux and *BSD binaries look very much alike,
 	 * only the machine id is different:
diff --git a/sys/kern/imgact_elf.c b/sys/kern/imgact_elf.c
index af9e26a7b7a..c81bbb962cb 100644
--- a/sys/kern/imgact_elf.c
+++ b/sys/kern/imgact_elf.c
@@ -650,8 +650,6 @@ __CONCAT(exec_, __elfN(imgact))(struct image_params *imgp)
 	struct thread *td = curthread;
 	struct sysentvec *sv;
 
-	GIANT_REQUIRED;
-
 	/*
 	 * Do we have a valid ELF header ?
 	 */