diff --git a/freebsd/sys/sys/systm.h b/freebsd/sys/sys/systm.h
index 1ab467d0..5e196a3c 100644
--- a/freebsd/sys/sys/systm.h
+++ b/freebsd/sys/sys/systm.h
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 #include <sys/stdint.h>		/* for people using printf mainly */
 
+#ifndef __rtems__
 extern int cold;		/* nonzero if we are doing a cold boot */
+#else /* __rtems__ */
+/* In RTEMS there is no cold boot */
+#define cold 0
+#endif /* __rtems__ */
 extern int rebooting;		/* boot() has been called. */
 extern const char *panicstr;	/* panic message */
 extern char version[];		/* system version */
diff --git a/rtemsbsd/include/machine/rtems-bsd-symbols.h b/rtemsbsd/include/machine/rtems-bsd-symbols.h
index 5ab4a756..68ced360 100644
--- a/rtemsbsd/include/machine/rtems-bsd-symbols.h
+++ b/rtemsbsd/include/machine/rtems-bsd-symbols.h
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@
 #define cam_status_table _bsd_cam_status_table
 #define cam_strmatch _bsd_cam_strmatch
 #define cam_strvis _bsd_cam_strvis
-#define cold _bsd_cold
 #define copyin _bsd_copyin
 #define copyout _bsd_copyout
 #define critical_enter _bsd_critical_enter
diff --git a/rtemsbsd/rtems/rtems-bsd-support.c b/rtemsbsd/rtems/rtems-bsd-support.c
index ed34a10a..119e974d 100644
--- a/rtemsbsd/rtems/rtems-bsd-support.c
+++ b/rtemsbsd/rtems/rtems-bsd-support.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ int     ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX; /* XXX */
 
 int     maxfiles = 7;                  /* XXX sys. wide open files limit */
 int     maxfilesperproc = 27;          /* XXX per-proc open files limit */
-int     cold = 1;                      /* XXX Wasn't sure where to put this */
 uintptr_t dpcpu_off[MAXCPU];
 int	hogticks = 2;                  /* hogticks = 2 * sched_quantum */