diff --git a/etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist.base b/etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist.base
index 648b8c03b..675798897 100644
--- a/etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist.base
+++ b/etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist.base
@@ -159,11 +159,3 @@
 # this one is for term(1)
 /set type=dir uid=0 gid=5 mode=775
 ./usr/spool/locks
-
-# Symlinks
-/set type=link uid=0 gid=0 mode=0777
-./dev/mouse
-./usr/bin/cc
-./usr/bin/strip
-./var/log
-./var/tmp