diff --git a/tests/ci/Makefile b/tests/ci/Makefile
--- a/tests/ci/Makefile
+++ b/tests/ci/Makefile
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 WORLDDIR?=	${.CURDIR}/../..
 RELEASEDIR=	${WORLDDIR}/release
-MAKECONF?=	/dev/null
-SRCCONF?=	/dev/null
 _MEMORY!=sysctl -n hw.physmem 2>/dev/null
 PARALLEL_JOBS!=sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || nproc 2>/dev/null
 TOTAL_MEMORY!=expr ${_MEMORY} / 1073741824
@@ -129,10 +127,6 @@
 .if ${VMGUEST} != "none"
 USE_QEMU?=1
 .endif
-KLDFILEMONISLOADED!=kldload -q -n filemon 2>/dev/null && echo "1" || echo "0"
-.if ${KLDFILEMONISLOADED} == "1"
-METAMODE?=-DWITH_META_MODE
-.endif
 
 CLEANFILES+=	${.OBJDIR}/${CIIMAGE} ${.OBJDIR}/ci.img ${META_TAR}
 IMAGEDIR=	${.OBJDIR}/ci-buildimage
@@ -168,16 +162,16 @@
 
 ci-buildworld: .PHONY
 	@echo "Building world for ${TARGET_ARCH}"
-	${IMAKE} -j${PARALLEL_JOBS} -C ${WORLDDIR} ${METAMODE} \
-		${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PARAM} __MAKE_CONF=${MAKECONF} SRCCONF=${SRCCONF} \
+	${IMAKE} -j${PARALLEL_JOBS} -C ${WORLDDIR} \
+		${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PARAM} \
 		${EXTRA_MAKE_FLAGS} buildworld > ${.CURDIR}/_.${TARGET_ARCH}.${.TARGET} 2>&1 || \
 		(echo "${.TARGET} failed, check _.${TARGET_ARCH}.${.TARGET} for details" ; false)
 
 
 ci-buildkernel: ci-buildworld-${TARGET_ARCH:tl} .PHONY
 	@echo "Building kernel for ${TARGET_ARCH}"
-	${IMAKE} -j${PARALLEL_JOBS} -C ${WORLDDIR} ${METAMODE} \
-		${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PARAM} __MAKE_CONF=${MAKECONF} SRCCONF=${SRCCONF} \
+	${IMAKE} -j${PARALLEL_JOBS} -C ${WORLDDIR} \
+		${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PARAM} \
 		${EXTRA_MAKE_FLAGS} KERNCONF=${KERNCONF} \
 		buildkernel > ${.CURDIR}/_.${TARGET_ARCH}.${.TARGET} 2>&1 || \
 		(echo "${.TARGET} failed, check _.${TARGET_ARCH}.${.TARGET} for details" ; false)