diff --git a/drivers/net/rrunner.c b/drivers/net/rrunner.c
index b822859c8de3..73a7e6529ee0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/rrunner.c
+++ b/drivers/net/rrunner.c
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@ static char version[] __devinitdata = "rrunner.c: v0.50 11/11/2002  Jes Sorensen
  * stack will need to know about I/O vectors or something similar.
  */
 
-/*
- * sysctl_[wr]mem_max are checked at init time to see if they are at
- * least 256KB and increased to 256KB if they are not. This is done to
- * avoid ending up with socket buffers smaller than the MTU size,
- */
-
 static int __devinit rr_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
@@ -561,18 +555,6 @@ static int __devinit rr_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	sram_size = rr_read_eeprom_word(rrpriv, (void *)8);
 	printk("  SRAM size 0x%06x\n", sram_size);
 
-	if (sysctl_rmem_max < 262144){
-		printk("  Receive socket buffer limit too low (%i), "
-		       "setting to 262144\n", sysctl_rmem_max);
-		sysctl_rmem_max = 262144;
-	}
-
-	if (sysctl_wmem_max < 262144){
-		printk("  Transmit socket buffer limit too low (%i), "
-		       "setting to 262144\n", sysctl_wmem_max);
-		sysctl_wmem_max = 262144;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }