diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c b/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c
--- a/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c
@@ -2305,9 +2305,6 @@
 	/*
 	 * Initialize some paging parameters.
 	 */
-	if (vm_cnt.v_page_count < 2000)
-		vm_pageout_page_count = 8;
-
 	freecount = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < vm_ndomains; i++) {
 		struct vm_domain *vmd;