diff --git a/lib/hdb/hdb.c b/lib/hdb/hdb.c
index bee399c90..9f0f450c7 100644
--- a/lib/hdb/hdb.c
+++ b/lib/hdb/hdb.c
@@ -414,12 +414,6 @@ hdb_create(krb5_context context, HDB **db, const char *filename)
 	    (void)_krb5_plugin_run_f(context, "krb5", "hdb",
 			     HDB_INTERFACE_VERSION, 0, &cb_ctx, callback);
     }
-#if 0 /* XXX */
-#ifdef HAVE_DLOPEN
-    if (cb_ctx.h == NULL)
-	cb_ctx.h = find_dynamic_method (context, cb_ctx.filename, &cb_ctx.residual);
-#endif
-#endif
     if (cb_ctx.h == NULL)
 	krb5_errx(context, 1, "No database support for %s", cb_ctx.filename);
     return (*cb_ctx.h->create)(context, db, cb_ctx.residual);