diff --git a/src/syscall/route_freebsd_32bit.go b/src/syscall/route_freebsd_32bit.go
index c70f0bb0d3c16f89af0fc9f42fc5aab3252c0567..14373abd97955d0b6ffd5f5d52d2149ec4443442 100644
--- a/src/syscall/route_freebsd_32bit.go
+++ b/src/syscall/route_freebsd_32bit.go
@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@ func (any *anyMessage) parseInterfaceMessage(b []byte) *InterfaceMessage {
 	// FreeBSD 10 and beyond have a restructured mbuf
 	// packet header view.
 	// See https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=254804.
-	if supportsABI(1000000) {
-		m := (*ifMsghdr)(unsafe.Pointer(any))
-		p.Header.Data.Hwassist = uint32(m.Data.Hwassist)
-		p.Header.Data.Epoch = m.Data.Epoch
-		p.Header.Data.Lastchange = m.Data.Lastchange
-		return &InterfaceMessage{Header: p.Header, Data: b[int(unsafe.Offsetof(p.Header.Data))+int(p.Header.Data.Datalen) : any.Msglen]}
-	}
+	m := (*ifMsghdr)(unsafe.Pointer(any))
+	p.Header.Data.Hwassist = uint32(m.Data.Hwassist)
+	p.Header.Data.Epoch = m.Data.Epoch
+	p.Header.Data.Lastchange = m.Data.Lastchange
 	return &InterfaceMessage{Header: p.Header, Data: b[int(unsafe.Offsetof(p.Header.Data))+int(p.Header.Data.Datalen) : any.Msglen]}
 }
diff --git a/src/syscall/syscall_freebsd.go b/src/syscall/syscall_freebsd.go
index 0100f4cd149e9e86f886344824efa3411ef94924..0f3912644b86d081629bc06256755119ef0d9e86 100644
--- a/src/syscall/syscall_freebsd.go
+++ b/src/syscall/syscall_freebsd.go
@@ -12,27 +12,13 @@
 
 package syscall
 
-import (
-	"sync"
-	"unsafe"
-)
+import "unsafe"
 
 func Syscall(trap, a1, a2, a3 uintptr) (r1, r2 uintptr, err Errno)
 func Syscall6(trap, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6 uintptr) (r1, r2 uintptr, err Errno)
 func RawSyscall(trap, a1, a2, a3 uintptr) (r1, r2 uintptr, err Errno)
 func RawSyscall6(trap, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6 uintptr) (r1, r2 uintptr, err Errno)
 
-// See https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/versions.html.
-var (
-	osreldateOnce sync.Once
-	osreldate     uint32
-)
-
-func supportsABI(ver uint32) bool {
-	osreldateOnce.Do(func() { osreldate, _ = SysctlUint32("kern.osreldate") })
-	return osreldate >= ver
-}
-
 type SockaddrDatalink struct {
 	Len    uint8
 	Family uint8