diff --git a/ObsoleteFiles.inc b/ObsoleteFiles.inc
--- a/ObsoleteFiles.inc
+++ b/ObsoleteFiles.inc
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
 #   xargs -n1 | sort | uniq -d;
 # done
 
+# 20230320: vcount.9 removed
+OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man9/count_dev.9.gz
+OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man9/vcount.9.gz
+
 # 20230320: case-sensitive conflicts removed
 OLD_FILES+=usr/tests/bin/pkill/pgrep-F_test
 OLD_FILES+=usr/tests/bin/pkill/pgrep-LF_test
diff --git a/share/man/man9/Makefile b/share/man/man9/Makefile
--- a/share/man/man9/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/man9/Makefile
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@
 	vaccess.9 \
 	vaccess_acl_nfs4.9 \
 	vaccess_acl_posix1e.9 \
-	vcount.9 \
 	vflush.9 \
 	VFS.9 \
 	vfs_busy.9 \
@@ -2316,7 +2315,6 @@
 	usbdi.9 usb_fifo_softc.9 \
 	usbdi.9 usb_fifo_wakeup.9
 .endif
-MLINKS+=vcount.9 count_dev.9
 MLINKS+=vfsconf.9 vfs_modevent.9 \
 	vfsconf.9 vfs_register.9 \
 	vfsconf.9 vfs_unregister.9
diff --git a/share/man/man9/vcount.9 b/share/man/man9/vcount.9
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/vcount.9
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-.\" -*- nroff -*-
-.\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Andrew Stevenson
-.\"
-.\" All rights reserved.
-.\"
-.\" This program is free software.
-.\"
-.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
-.\" are met:
-.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-.\"
-.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
-.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
-.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
-.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
-.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
-.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
-.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
-.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
-.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
-.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-.\"
-.\" If this manual page travels to places exotic (like projects other than
-.\" FreeBSD) I would love to hear about it.
-.\"     Andrew <andrew@ugh.net.au>
-.\"
-.\" $FreeBSD$
-.\"
-.Dd January 19, 2012
-.Dt VCOUNT 9
-.Os
-.Sh NAME
-.Nm vcount ,
-.Nm count_dev
-.Nd "get total number of references to a device"
-.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.In sys/param.h
-.In sys/time.h
-.In sys/conf.h
-.In sys/vnode.h
-.Ft int
-.Fn vcount "struct vnode *vp"
-.Ft int
-.Fn count_dev "struct cdev *dev"
-.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Fn vcount
-is used to get the number of references to a particular device.
-It allows for the fact that multiple vnodes may reference the same device.
-.Fn count_dev
-does the same thing as
-.Fn vcount ,
-but takes a
-.Vt "struct cdev"
-rather than a
-.Vt "struct vnode"
-pointer as an argument.
-.Sh RETURN VALUES
-.Fn vcount
-and
-.Fn count_dev
-both return the number of references to the device.
-.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr VFS 9 ,
-.Xr vnode 9
-.Sh AUTHORS
-This manual page was written by
-.An Andrew Stevenson .