diff --git a/share/man/man4/geom.4 b/share/man/man4/geom.4
--- a/share/man/man4/geom.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/geom.4
@@ -32,14 +32,13 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd October 6, 2023
+.Dd July 8, 2024
 .Dt GEOM 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm GEOM
 .Nd "modular disk I/O request transformation framework"
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Cd options GEOM_BDE
 .Cd options GEOM_CACHE
 .Cd options GEOM_CONCAT
 .Cd options GEOM_ELI
diff --git a/sys/conf/NOTES b/sys/conf/NOTES
--- a/sys/conf/NOTES
+++ b/sys/conf/NOTES
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@
 # size for both BOOT_TAG and the assocated tunable.
 options 	BOOT_TAG_SZ=32
 
-options 	GEOM_BDE		# Disk encryption.
 options 	GEOM_CACHE		# Disk cache.
 options 	GEOM_CONCAT		# Disk concatenation.
 options 	GEOM_ELI		# Disk encryption.
diff --git a/sys/conf/options b/sys/conf/options
--- a/sys/conf/options
+++ b/sys/conf/options
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@
 GZIO		opt_gzio.h
 IMGACT_BINMISC		opt_dontuse.h
 IPI_PREEMPTION	opt_sched.h
-GEOM_BDE	opt_geom.h
 GEOM_CACHE	opt_geom.h
 GEOM_CONCAT	opt_geom.h
 GEOM_ELI	opt_geom.h