diff --git a/chef/lib/chef/platform.rb b/chef/lib/chef/platform.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/chef/lib/chef/platform.rb
+++ b/chef/lib/chef/platform.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ class Chef
         :template => Chef::Provider::Template,
         :remote_file => Chef::Provider::RemoteFile,
         :remote_directory => Chef::Provider::RemoteDirectory,
-        :sysctl => Chef::Provider::Sysctl,
         :execute => Chef::Provider::Execute,
         :script => Chef::Provider::Script,
         :service => Chef::Provider::Service::Init,
Removing sysctl from platform.rb