diff --git a/crypto/openssh/readconf.h b/crypto/openssh/readconf.h
--- a/crypto/openssh/readconf.h
+++ b/crypto/openssh/readconf.h
@@ -169,8 +169,6 @@
 	char   *hostbased_accepted_algos;
 	char   *pubkey_accepted_algos;
 
-	char   *version_addendum; /* Appended to SSH banner */
-
 	char   *jump_user;
 	char   *jump_host;
 	int	jump_port;
diff --git a/crypto/openssh/readconf.c b/crypto/openssh/readconf.c
--- a/crypto/openssh/readconf.c
+++ b/crypto/openssh/readconf.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 #include "uidswap.h"
 #include "myproposal.h"
 #include "digest.h"
-#include "version.h"
 
 /* Format of the configuration file:
 
@@ -142,7 +141,6 @@
 
 typedef enum {
 	oBadOption,
-	oVersionAddendum,
 	oHost, oMatch, oInclude,
 	oForwardAgent, oForwardX11, oForwardX11Trusted, oForwardX11Timeout,
 	oGatewayPorts, oExitOnForwardFailure,
@@ -329,7 +327,7 @@
 	{ "tcprcvbuf", oDeprecated },
 	{ "noneenabled", oUnsupported },
 	{ "noneswitch", oUnsupported },
-	{ "versionaddendum", oVersionAddendum },
+	{ "versionaddendum", oDeprecated },
 
 	{ NULL, oBadOption }
 };
@@ -1983,22 +1981,6 @@
 		intptr = &options->fork_after_authentication;
 		goto parse_flag;
 
-	case oVersionAddendum:
-		if (str == NULL)
-			fatal("%.200s line %d: Missing argument.", filename,
-			    linenum);
-		len = strspn(str, WHITESPACE);
-		if (*activep && options->version_addendum == NULL) {
-			if (strcasecmp(str + len, "none") == 0)
-				options->version_addendum = xstrdup("");
-			else if (strchr(str + len, '\r') != NULL)
-				fatal("%.200s line %d: Invalid argument",
-				    filename, linenum);
-			else
-				options->version_addendum = xstrdup(str + len);
-		}
-		return 0;
-
 	case oIgnoreUnknown:
 		charptr = &options->ignored_unknown;
 		goto parse_string;
@@ -2353,7 +2335,6 @@
 initialize_options(Options * options)
 {
 	memset(options, 'X', sizeof(*options));
-	options->version_addendum = NULL;
 	options->forward_agent = -1;
 	options->forward_agent_sock_path = NULL;
 	options->forward_x11 = -1;
@@ -2731,8 +2712,6 @@
 	/* options->hostname will be set in the main program if appropriate */
 	/* options->host_key_alias should not be set by default */
 	/* options->preferred_authentications will be set in ssh */
-	if (options->version_addendum == NULL)
-		options->version_addendum = xstrdup(SSH_VERSION_FREEBSD);
 
 	/* success */
 	ret = 0;
diff --git a/crypto/openssh/ssh.1 b/crypto/openssh/ssh.1
--- a/crypto/openssh/ssh.1
+++ b/crypto/openssh/ssh.1
@@ -584,7 +584,6 @@
 .It User
 .It UserKnownHostsFile
 .It VerifyHostKeyDNS
-.It VersionAddendum
 .It VisualHostKey
 .It XAuthLocation
 .El
diff --git a/crypto/openssh/ssh.c b/crypto/openssh/ssh.c
--- a/crypto/openssh/ssh.c
+++ b/crypto/openssh/ssh.c
@@ -872,14 +872,8 @@
 			}
 			break;
 		case 'V':
-			if (options.version_addendum != NULL &&
-			    *options.version_addendum != '\0')
-				fprintf(stderr, "%s %s, %s\n", SSH_RELEASE,
-				    options.version_addendum,
-				    SSH_OPENSSL_VERSION);
-			else
-				fprintf(stderr, "%s, %s\n", SSH_RELEASE,
-				    SSH_OPENSSL_VERSION);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s, %s\n",
+			    SSH_RELEASE, SSH_OPENSSL_VERSION);
 			if (opt == 'V')
 				exit(0);
 			break;
@@ -1146,7 +1140,6 @@
 	    !use_syslog);
 
 	if (debug_flag)
-		/* version_addendum is always NULL at this point */
 		logit("%s, %s", SSH_RELEASE, SSH_OPENSSL_VERSION);
 
 	/* Parse the configuration files */
diff --git a/crypto/openssh/ssh_config b/crypto/openssh/ssh_config
--- a/crypto/openssh/ssh_config
+++ b/crypto/openssh/ssh_config
@@ -45,4 +45,3 @@
 #   RekeyLimit 1G 1h
 #   UserKnownHostsFile ~/.ssh/known_hosts.d/%k
 #   VerifyHostKeyDNS yes
-#   VersionAddendum FreeBSD-20220415
diff --git a/crypto/openssh/ssh_config.5 b/crypto/openssh/ssh_config.5
--- a/crypto/openssh/ssh_config.5
+++ b/crypto/openssh/ssh_config.5
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.371 2022/03/31 17:58:44 naddy Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 31 2022 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 19 2022 $
 .Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -1974,14 +1974,6 @@
 .Sx VERIFYING HOST KEYS
 in
 .Xr ssh 1 .
-.It Cm VersionAddendum
-Specifies a string to append to the regular version string to identify
-OS- or site-specific modifications.
-The default is
-.Dq FreeBSD-20220415 .
-The value
-.Cm none
-may be used to disable this.
 .It Cm VisualHostKey
 If this flag is set to
 .Cm yes ,
diff --git a/crypto/openssh/sshconnect.c b/crypto/openssh/sshconnect.c
--- a/crypto/openssh/sshconnect.c
+++ b/crypto/openssh/sshconnect.c
@@ -1553,8 +1553,7 @@
 	lowercase(host);
 
 	/* Exchange protocol version identification strings with the server. */
-	if ((r = kex_exchange_identification(ssh, timeout_ms,
-	    options.version_addendum)) != 0)
+	if ((r = kex_exchange_identification(ssh, timeout_ms, NULL)) != 0)
 		sshpkt_fatal(ssh, r, "banner exchange");
 
 	/* Put the connection into non-blocking mode. */