diff --git a/telnetd/telnetd.c b/telnetd/telnetd.c
index 2948e9e..3393d3d 100644
--- a/telnetd/telnetd.c
+++ b/telnetd/telnetd.c
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ static const char sccsid[] = "@(#)telnetd.c	8.4 (Berkeley) 5/30/95";
 #include "telnetd.h"
 #include "pathnames.h"
 
-#include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <err.h>
 #include <paths.h>
 #include <termcap.h>
@@ -763,10 +762,6 @@ telnet(int f, int p, char *host)
 	char *HE;
 	char *HN;
 	char *IM;
-	char *IF;
-	char *if_buf;
-	int if_fd = -1;
-	struct stat statbuf;
 	int nfd;
 
 	/*
@@ -932,13 +927,8 @@ telnet(int f, int p, char *host)
 		HE = Getstr("he", &cp);
 		HN = Getstr("hn", &cp);
 		IM = Getstr("im", &cp);
-		IF = Getstr("if", &cp);
 		if (HN && *HN)
 			(void) strlcpy(host_name, HN, sizeof(host_name));
-		if (IF) {
-		    if_fd = open(IF, O_RDONLY, 000);
-		    IM = 0;
-		}
 		if (IM == 0)
 			IM = strdup("");
 	} else {
@@ -948,17 +938,6 @@ telnet(int f, int p, char *host)
 	edithost(HE, host_name);
 	if (hostinfo && *IM)
 		putf(IM, ptyibuf2);
-	if (IF && if_fd != -1) {
-		if (fstat(if_fd, &statbuf) != -1 && statbuf.st_size > 0) {
-			if_buf = (char *) mmap (0, statbuf.st_size,
-			    PROT_READ, 0, if_fd, 0);
-			if (if_buf != MAP_FAILED) {
-				putf(if_buf, ptyibuf2);
-				munmap(if_buf, statbuf.st_size);
-			}
-		}
-		close (if_fd);
-	}
 
 	if (pcc)
 		(void) strncat(ptyibuf2, ptyip, pcc+1);