diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_exec.c b/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
--- a/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
@@ -681,10 +681,6 @@
 		goto exec_fail_dealloc;
 	}
 
-	/* ABI enforces the use of Capsicum. Switch into capabilities mode. */
-	if (SV_PROC_FLAG(p, SV_CAPSICUM))
-		sys_cap_enter(td, NULL);
-
 	/*
 	 * Copy out strings (args and env) and initialize stack base.
 	 */
diff --git a/sys/sys/sysent.h b/sys/sys/sysent.h
--- a/sys/sys/sysent.h
+++ b/sys/sys/sysent.h
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 #define	SV_IA32		0x004000	/* Intel 32-bit executable. */
 #define	SV_AOUT		0x008000	/* a.out executable. */
 #define	SV_SHP		0x010000	/* Shared page. */
-#define	SV_CAPSICUM	0x020000	/* Force cap_enter() on startup. */
+#define	SV_AVAIL1	0x020000	/* Unused */
 #define	SV_TIMEKEEP	0x040000	/* Shared page timehands. */
 #define	SV_ASLR		0x080000	/* ASLR allowed. */
 #define	SV_RNG_SEED_VER	0x100000	/* random(4) reseed generation. */