diff --git a/sys/security/mac/mac_framework.h b/sys/security/mac/mac_framework.h
index c6b9c73ef55..b12ba2acd70 100644
--- a/sys/security/mac/mac_framework.h
+++ b/sys/security/mac/mac_framework.h
@@ -48,14 +48,6 @@
 #define	_POSIX_MAC
 #endif
 
-/*
- * XXXMAC: The single MAC extended attribute will be deprecated once
- * compound EA writes on a single target file can be performed cleanly
- * with UFS2.
- */
-#define	FREEBSD_MAC_EXTATTR_NAME	"freebsd.mac"
-#define	FREEBSD_MAC_EXTATTR_NAMESPACE	EXTATTR_NAMESPACE_SYSTEM
-
 /*
  * MAC framework-related constants and limits.
  */
diff --git a/sys/sys/mac.h b/sys/sys/mac.h
index c6b9c73ef55..b12ba2acd70 100644
--- a/sys/sys/mac.h
+++ b/sys/sys/mac.h
@@ -48,14 +48,6 @@
 #define	_POSIX_MAC
 #endif
 
-/*
- * XXXMAC: The single MAC extended attribute will be deprecated once
- * compound EA writes on a single target file can be performed cleanly
- * with UFS2.
- */
-#define	FREEBSD_MAC_EXTATTR_NAME	"freebsd.mac"
-#define	FREEBSD_MAC_EXTATTR_NAMESPACE	EXTATTR_NAMESPACE_SYSTEM
-
 /*
  * MAC framework-related constants and limits.
  */