diff --git a/sys/netinet6/in6.c b/sys/netinet6/in6.c
--- a/sys/netinet6/in6.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/in6.c
@@ -2112,31 +2112,6 @@
 	return (1);
 }
 
-/*
- * Calculate max IPv6 MTU through all the interfaces and store it
- * to in6_maxmtu.
- */
-void
-in6_setmaxmtu(void)
-{
-	struct epoch_tracker et;
-	unsigned long maxmtu = 0;
-	struct ifnet *ifp;
-
-	NET_EPOCH_ENTER(et);
-	CK_STAILQ_FOREACH(ifp, &V_ifnet, if_link) {
-		/* this function can be called during ifnet initialization */
-		if (!ifp->if_afdata[AF_INET6])
-			continue;
-		if ((ifp->if_flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) == 0 &&
-		    IN6_LINKMTU(ifp) > maxmtu)
-			maxmtu = IN6_LINKMTU(ifp);
-	}
-	NET_EPOCH_EXIT(et);
-	if (maxmtu)	/* update only when maxmtu is positive */
-		V_in6_maxmtu = maxmtu;
-}
-
 /*
  * Provide the length of interface identifiers to be used for the link attached
  * to the given interface.  The length should be defined in "IPv6 over
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/in6_ifattach.c b/sys/netinet6/in6_ifattach.c
--- a/sys/netinet6/in6_ifattach.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/in6_ifattach.c
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@
 #include <netinet6/mld6_var.h>
 #include <netinet6/scope6_var.h>
 
-VNET_DEFINE(unsigned long, in6_maxmtu) = 0;
-
 #ifdef IP6_AUTO_LINKLOCAL
 VNET_DEFINE(int, ip6_auto_linklocal) = IP6_AUTO_LINKLOCAL;
 #else
@@ -731,10 +729,6 @@
 		else
 			ifa_free(&ia->ia_ifa);
 	}
-
-	/* update dynamically. */
-	if (V_in6_maxmtu < ifp->if_mtu)
-		V_in6_maxmtu = ifp->if_mtu;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/in6_var.h b/sys/netinet6/in6_var.h
--- a/sys/netinet6/in6_var.h
+++ b/sys/netinet6/in6_var.h
@@ -549,9 +549,6 @@
 		    ((ifp)->if_afdata[AF_INET6]))->in6_ifstat[	\
 		    offsetof(struct in6_ifstat, tag) / sizeof(uint64_t)], 1);\
 } while (/*CONSTCOND*/ 0)
-
-VNET_DECLARE(unsigned long, in6_maxmtu);
-#define	V_in6_maxmtu			VNET(in6_maxmtu)
 #endif /* _KERNEL */
 
 /*
@@ -875,7 +872,6 @@
 int	in6_domifmtu(struct ifnet *);
 struct rib_head *in6_inithead(uint32_t fibnum);
 void	in6_detachhead(struct rib_head *rh);
-void	in6_setmaxmtu(void);
 int	in6_if2idlen(struct ifnet *);
 struct in6_ifaddr *in6ifa_ifpforlinklocal(struct ifnet *, int);
 struct in6_ifaddr *in6ifa_ifpwithaddr(struct ifnet *, const struct in6_addr *);
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/nd6.c b/sys/netinet6/nd6.c
--- a/sys/netinet6/nd6.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/nd6.c
@@ -379,10 +379,6 @@
 		    "new link MTU on %s (%lu) is too small for IPv6\n",
 		    if_name(ifp), (unsigned long)ndi->maxmtu);
 	}
-
-	if (ndi->maxmtu > V_in6_maxmtu)
-		in6_setmaxmtu(); /* check all interfaces just in case */
-
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/nd6_rtr.c b/sys/netinet6/nd6_rtr.c
--- a/sys/netinet6/nd6_rtr.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/nd6_rtr.c
@@ -553,12 +553,8 @@
 		maxmtu = (ndi->maxmtu && ndi->maxmtu < ifp->if_mtu)
 		    ? ndi->maxmtu : ifp->if_mtu;
 		if (mtu <= maxmtu) {
-			int change = (ndi->linkmtu != mtu);
-
-			ndi->linkmtu = mtu;
-			if (change) {
-				/* in6_maxmtu may change */
-				in6_setmaxmtu();
+			if (ndi->linkmtu != mtu) {
+				ndi->linkmtu = mtu;
 				rt_updatemtu(ifp);
 			}
 		} else {