diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 71af7d4f..dd58d9f6 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -1385,13 +1385,6 @@ getgpu () {
 # Memory {{{
 
 getmemory () {
-    # NetBSD emulates the linux /proc filesystem instead of using sysctl for hw
-    # information so we have to use this block below which temporarily sets the
-    # OS to 'Linux' for the duration of this function.
-    case "$distro" in
-        "NetBSD"*) local os="Linux" ;;
-    esac
-
     case "$os" in
         "Linux" | "Windows")
             if [ ! -z "$(grep -F "MemAvail" /proc/meminfo)" ]; then