diff --git a/src/etc/config.xml.sample b/src/etc/config.xml.sample
index 25a7be89d..673ea2e0a 100644
--- a/src/etc/config.xml.sample
+++ b/src/etc/config.xml.sample
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@
   <trigger_initial_wizard/>
   <theme>opnsense</theme>
   <sysctl>
-    <item>
-      <descr><![CDATA[Disable the pf ftp proxy handler.]]></descr>
-      <tunable>debug.pfftpproxy</tunable>
-      <value>default</value>
-    </item>
     <item>
       <descr><![CDATA[Increase UFS read-ahead speeds to match the state of hard drives and NCQ.]]></descr>
       <tunable>vfs.read_max</tunable>
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/system.inc b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
index 04ad7ad86..0b36f8504 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/system.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ function system_powerd_configure($verbose = false)
 function get_default_sysctl_value($id)
 {
     $sysctls = array(
-        'debug.pfftpproxy' => '0',
         'hw.ibrs_disable' => '0',
         'hw.syscons.kbd_reboot' => '0',
         'kern.ipc.maxsockbuf' => '4262144',
@@ -111,13 +110,20 @@ function get_default_sysctl_value($id)
         'net.link.bridge.pfil_onlyip' => '0',
         'net.link.tap.user_open' => '1',
         'net.local.dgram.maxdgram' => '8192',
-        'net.pf.request_maxcount' => '5000000',
+        'net.pf.request_maxcount' => '65535',
         'security.bsd.see_other_gids' => '0',
         'security.bsd.see_other_uids' => '0',
         'vfs.read_max' => '32',
         'vm.pmap.pti' => '1',
     );
 
+    if ($id == 'net.pf.request_maxcount') {
+        $system = config_read_array('system');
+        if (!empty($system['maximumtableentries'])) {
+            $sysctls[$id] = $system['maximumtableentries'];
+        }
+    }
+
     if (isset($sysctls[$id])) {
         return $sysctls[$id];
     }
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/util.inc b/src/etc/inc/util.inc
index cd8c86cbf..92183e796 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/util.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/util.inc
@@ -1306,8 +1306,8 @@ function set_sysctl($values)
     $value_list = array();
     foreach ($values as $key => $value) {
         if ($sysctls != null && !in_array($key, $sysctls)) {
-	    continue;
-	}
+            continue;
+        }
         $value_list[] = escapeshellarg($key) . "=" . escapeshellarg($value);
     }