diff --git a/share/examples/Makefile b/share/examples/Makefile
index 047ab6805195..c02a7d6cd2d0 100644
--- a/share/examples/Makefile
+++ b/share/examples/Makefile
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 
 DIRS=etc FreeBSD_version lkm sunrpc
 NOOBJ=	noobj
-ETCOWN= root
-ETCGRP= wheel
-ETCMODE=644
 
 # Define SHARED to indicate whether you want symbolic links to the system
 # source (``symlinks''), or a separate copy (``copies''); (latter useful
@@ -31,8 +28,4 @@ symlinks:
 		ln -s ${.CURDIR}/$$a ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/examples; \
 	done
 
-install-etc:
-	install -c -o ${ETCOWN} -g ${ETCGRP} -m ${ETCMODE} \
-		${.CURDIR}/etc/[a-z]* ${DESTDIR}/etc
-
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>