diff --git a/include/net.h b/include/net.h
index 486e3ad90..7c47b2da0 100644
--- a/include/net.h
+++ b/include/net.h
@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ extern IPaddr_t		NetOurDNS2IP;	 /* Our 2nd Domain Name Server (0 = unknown)*/
 extern char		NetOurNISDomain[32];	/* Our NIS domain		*/
 extern char		NetOurHostName[32];	/* Our hostname			*/
 extern char		NetOurRootPath[64];	/* Our root path		*/
-extern ushort		NetBootFileSize;	/* Our boot file size in blocks	*/
 /** END OF BOOTP EXTENTIONS **/
 extern ulong		NetBootFileXferSize;	/* size of bootfile in bytes	*/
 extern uchar		NetOurEther[6];		/* Our ethernet address		*/
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index db20add23..214685c5e 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ IPaddr_t	NetOurDNS2IP=0;			/* Our 2nd DNS IP address	*/
 char		NetOurNISDomain[32]={0,};	/* Our NIS domain		*/
 char		NetOurHostName[32]={0,};	/* Our hostname			*/
 char		NetOurRootPath[64]={0,};	/* Our bootpath			*/
-ushort		NetBootFileSize=0;		/* Our bootfile size in blocks	*/
 
 /** END OF BOOTP EXTENTIONS **/
 
diff --git a/net/nfs.c b/net/nfs.c
index 87db551f1..775e5a241 100644
--- a/net/nfs.c
+++ b/net/nfs.c
@@ -711,11 +711,6 @@ NfsStart (void)
 	}
 	printf ("\nFilename '%s/%s'.", nfs_path, nfs_filename);
 
-	if (NetBootFileSize)
-		printf (" Size is 0x%x Bytes = %s",
-			NetBootFileSize<<9,
-			size_human_readable (NetBootFileSize<<9));
-
 	NetSetTimeout (NFS_TIMEOUT * SECOND, NfsTimeout);
 	NetSetHandler (NfsHandler);
 
diff --git a/net/tftp.c b/net/tftp.c
index 7a5b8075f..86ef0c3dd 100644
--- a/net/tftp.c
+++ b/net/tftp.c
@@ -303,11 +303,6 @@ TftpStart (void)
 
 	printf ("Filename '%s'.", tftp_filename);
 
-	if (NetBootFileSize)
-		printf (" Size is 0x%x Bytes = %s",
-			NetBootFileSize<<9,
-			size_human_readable(NetBootFileSize<<9));
-
 	puts ("\nLoading: *\b");
 
 	NetSetTimeout (TIMEOUT * SECOND, TftpTimeout);