diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_thread.c b/sys/kern/kern_thread.c
index 5d80016a06a..e500e0a3a0f 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_thread.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_thread.c
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ thread_ctor(void *mem, int size, void *arg, int flags)
 	td->td_oncpu = NOCPU;
 
 	td->td_tid = alloc_unr(tid_unrhdr);
-	td->td_syscalls = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Note that td_critnest begins life as 1 because the thread is not
diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_trap.c b/sys/kern/subr_trap.c
index 6a97779602d..5c90d956e78 100644
--- a/sys/kern/subr_trap.c
+++ b/sys/kern/subr_trap.c
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ syscallenter(struct thread *td, struct syscall_args *sa)
 
 	PCPU_INC(cnt.v_syscall);
 	p = td->td_proc;
-	td->td_syscalls++;
 
 	td->td_pticks = 0;
 	if (td->td_ucred != p->p_ucred)
diff --git a/sys/sys/proc.h b/sys/sys/proc.h
index cd005506667..336279ea02a 100644
--- a/sys/sys/proc.h
+++ b/sys/sys/proc.h
@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ struct thread {
 	struct mdthread td_md;		/* (k) Any machine-dependent fields. */
 	struct td_sched	*td_sched;	/* (*) Scheduler-specific data. */
 	struct kaudit_record	*td_ar;	/* (k) Active audit record, if any. */
-	int		td_syscalls;	/* per-thread syscall count (used by NFS :)) */
 	struct lpohead	td_lprof[2];	/* (a) lock profiling objects. */
 	struct kdtrace_thread	*td_dtrace; /* (*) DTrace-specific data. */
 	int		td_errno;	/* Error returned by last syscall. */