diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.conf b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.conf
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
@@ -546,9 +546,6 @@
 stf_interface_ipv6_slaid="0000"	# IPv6 Site Level Aggregator for stf0
 ipv6_ipv4mapping="NO"		# Set to "YES" to enable IPv4 mapped IPv6 addr
 				# communication. (like ::ffff:a.b.c.d)
-ipv6_ipfilter_rules="/etc/ipf6.rules"	# rules definition file for ipfilter,
-					# see /usr/src/contrib/ipfilter/rules
-					# for examples
 ip6addrctl_enable="YES"	# Set to YES to enable default address selection
 ip6addrctl_verbose="NO"	# Set to YES to enable verbose configuration messages
 ip6addrctl_policy="AUTO"	# A pre-defined address selection policy
diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/ipfilter b/libexec/rc/rc.d/ipfilter
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/ipfilter
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/ipfilter
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 desc="IP packet filter"
 rcvar="ipfilter_enable"
 load_rc_config $name
-stop_precmd="test -f ${ipfilter_rules} -o -f ${ipv6_ipfilter_rules}"
+stop_precmd="test -f ${ipfilter_rules}"
 
 start_precmd="$stop_precmd"
 start_cmd="ipfilter_start"
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@
 		${ipfilter_program:-/sbin/ipf} \
 		    -f "${ipfilter_rules}" ${ipfilter_flags}
 	fi
-	if [ -r "${ipv6_ipfilter_rules}" ]; then
-		${ipfilter_program:-/sbin/ipf} -6 \
-		    -f "${ipv6_ipfilter_rules}" ${ipfilter_flags}
-	fi
 }
 
 ipfilter_stop()
@@ -67,13 +63,6 @@
 			err 1 'Load of rules into alternate set failed; aborting reload'
 		fi
 	fi
-	if [ -r "${ipv6_ipfilter_rules}" ]; then
-		${ipfilter_program:-/sbin/ipf} -I -6 \
-		    -f "${ipv6_ipfilter_rules}" ${ipfilter_flags}
-		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-			err 1 'Load of IPv6 rules into alternate set failed; aborting reload'
-		fi
-	fi
 	${ipfilter_program:-/sbin/ipf} -s
 
 }