diff --git a/src/restic/node_freebsd.go b/src/restic/node_freebsd.go
index b588a2b68..a3f97096d 100644
--- a/src/restic/node_freebsd.go
+++ b/src/restic/node_freebsd.go
@@ -9,19 +9,3 @@ func (node Node) restoreSymlinkTimestamps(path string, utimes [2]syscall.Timespe
 func (s statUnix) atim() syscall.Timespec { return s.Atimespec }
 func (s statUnix) mtim() syscall.Timespec { return s.Mtimespec }
 func (s statUnix) ctim() syscall.Timespec { return s.Ctimespec }
-
-// Getxattr retrieves extended attribute data associated with path.
-func Getxattr(path, name string) ([]byte, error) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-
-// Listxattr retrieves a list of names of extended attributes associated with the
-// given path in the file system.
-func Listxattr(path string) ([]string, error) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-
-// Setxattr associates name and data together as an attribute of path.
-func Setxattr(path, name string, data []byte) error {
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/src/restic/node_xattr.go b/src/restic/node_xattr.go
index 87038d24f..1b5f085d8 100644
--- a/src/restic/node_xattr.go
+++ b/src/restic/node_xattr.go
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // +build !openbsd
 // +build !windows
-// +build !freebsd
 
 package restic