diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index 1c4b58fd33..fc73f13466 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@ func createContainer(id string, root string, command string, args []string, laye
 		stdoutLog:	new(bytes.Buffer),
 		stderrLog:	new(bytes.Buffer),
 	}
-	if err := container.Filesystem.createMountPoints(); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	container.stdout.AddWriter(NopWriteCloser(container.stdoutLog))
 	container.stderr.AddWriter(NopWriteCloser(container.stderrLog))