diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 7a189e348..400c09e13 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ loglevel 3
 
     # Directory for putting things only root should see.
     mkdir /mnt/secure 0700 root root
-    # Create private mountpoint so we can MS_MOVE from staging
-    mount tmpfs tmpfs /mnt/secure mode=0700,uid=0,gid=0
 
     # Directory for staging bindmounts
     mkdir /mnt/secure/staging 0700 root root
@@ -146,7 +144,6 @@ on post-fs
     mount rootfs rootfs / ro remount
     # mount shared so changes propagate into child namespaces
     mount rootfs rootfs / shared rec
-    mount tmpfs tmpfs /mnt/secure private rec
 
     # We chown/chmod /cache again so because mount is run as root + defaults
     chown system cache /cache