diff --git a/init/devices.cpp b/init/devices.cpp
index 8d27f4f09..688ad6196 100644
--- a/init/devices.cpp
+++ b/init/devices.cpp
@@ -331,10 +331,6 @@ std::vector<std::string> DeviceHandler::GetBlockDeviceSymlinks(const Uevent& uev
         links.emplace_back(link_path + "/by-name/" + partition_name_sanitized);
     }
 
-    if (uevent.partition_num >= 0) {
-        links.emplace_back(link_path + "/by-num/p" + std::to_string(uevent.partition_num));
-    }
-
     auto last_slash = uevent.path.rfind('/');
     links.emplace_back(link_path + "/" + uevent.path.substr(last_slash + 1));
 
diff --git a/init/devices_test.cpp b/init/devices_test.cpp
index eba00cb78..d658f4d9a 100644
--- a/init/devices_test.cpp
+++ b/init/devices_test.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ TEST(device_handler, get_block_device_symlinks_success_platform_with_partition)
     };
     std::vector<std::string> expected_result{
         "/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modem",
-        "/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-num/p1",
         "/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/mmcblk0p1",
     };
 
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ TEST(device_handler, get_block_device_symlinks_success_platform_with_partition_o
         .partition_num = 1,
     };
     std::vector<std::string> expected_result{
-        "/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-num/p1",
         "/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/mmcblk0p1",
     };
 
diff --git a/init/init_first_stage.cpp b/init/init_first_stage.cpp
index 45d3d4499..1dfceb459 100644
--- a/init/init_first_stage.cpp
+++ b/init/init_first_stage.cpp
@@ -413,7 +413,6 @@ ListenerAction FirstStageMountVBootV2::UeventCallback(const Uevent& uevent) {
         // the content of uevent. by-name symlink will be at [0] if uevent->partition_name
         // is not empty. e.g.,
         //   - /dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modem
-        //   - /dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-num/p1
         //   - /dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/mmcblk0p1
         std::vector<std::string> links = device_handler_.GetBlockDeviceSymlinks(uevent);
         if (!links.empty()) {