diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/af_inet6.c b/sbin/ifconfig/af_inet6.c
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/af_inet6.c
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/af_inet6.c
@@ -433,8 +433,6 @@
 {
         struct in6_px *px = sin6tab_nl[which];
 
-        newaddr &= 1;
-
         px->set = true;
         px->plen = 128;
         if (which == ADDR) {
@@ -546,8 +544,6 @@
 	struct addrinfo hints, *res;
 	int error = -1;
 
-	newaddr &= 1;
-
 	sin->sin6_len = sizeof(*sin);
 	if (which != MASK)
 		sin->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.h b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.h
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.h
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.h
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@
 extern	ifconfig_handle_t *lifh;
 extern	struct ifreq ifr;
 extern	int allmedia;
-extern	int newaddr;
 extern	int exit_code;
 extern	char *f_inet, *f_inet6, *f_ether, *f_addr;
 
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 static int	setmask;
 static int	doalias;
 static int	clearaddr;
-int	newaddr = 1;
+static int	newaddr = 1;
 
 int	exit_code = 0;