diff --git a/contrib/initramfs/scripts/zfs b/contrib/initramfs/scripts/zfs
index 390fa89df..8ff014f4b 100644
--- a/contrib/initramfs/scripts/zfs
+++ b/contrib/initramfs/scripts/zfs
@@ -708,10 +708,6 @@ mountroot()
 	# Run the pre-mount scripts from /scripts/local-top.
 	pre_mountroot
 
-	# ------------
-	# Source the default setup variables.
-	[ -r '/etc/default/zfs' ] && . /etc/default/zfs
-
 	# ------------
 	# Support debug option
 	if grep -qiE '(^|[^\\](\\\\)* )(zfs_debug|zfs\.debug|zfsdebug)=(on|yes|1)( |$)' /proc/cmdline