diff --git a/virtcontainers/cni.go b/virtcontainers/cni.go
index 3406e59cb3..41e0e71e34 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/cni.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/cni.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (n *cni) remove(sandbox *Sandbox, networkNS NetworkNamespace, netNsCreated
 	}
 
 	if netNsCreated {
-		return deleteNetNS(networkNS.NetNsPath, true)
+		return deleteNetNS(networkNS.NetNsPath)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/virtcontainers/cnm.go b/virtcontainers/cnm.go
index c508b0938c..e565ce0e83 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/cnm.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/cnm.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (n *cnm) remove(sandbox *Sandbox, networkNS NetworkNamespace, netNsCreated
 	}
 
 	if netNsCreated {
-		return deleteNetNS(networkNS.NetNsPath, true)
+		return deleteNetNS(networkNS.NetNsPath)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/virtcontainers/network.go b/virtcontainers/network.go
index 197f1324f9..53e188374b 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/network.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/network.go
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ func doNetNS(netNSPath string, cb func(ns.NetNS) error) error {
 	return cb(targetNS)
 }
 
-func deleteNetNS(netNSPath string, mounted bool) error {
+func deleteNetNS(netNSPath string) error {
 	n, err := ns.GetNS(netNSPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -1123,15 +1123,11 @@ func deleteNetNS(netNSPath string, mounted bool) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// This unmount part is supposed to be done in the cni/ns package, but the "mounted"
-	// flag is not updated when retrieving NetNs handler from GetNS().
-	if mounted {
-		if err = unix.Unmount(netNSPath, unix.MNT_DETACH); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to unmount namespace %s: %v", netNSPath, err)
-		}
-		if err := os.RemoveAll(netNSPath); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to clean up namespace %s: %v", netNSPath, err)
-		}
+	if err = unix.Unmount(netNSPath, unix.MNT_DETACH); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to unmount namespace %s: %v", netNSPath, err)
+	}
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(netNSPath); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to clean up namespace %s: %v", netNSPath, err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/virtcontainers/network_test.go b/virtcontainers/network_test.go
index addd5e759e..21e999587f 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/network_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/network_test.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func TestCreateDeleteNetNS(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	err = deleteNetNS(netNSPath, true)
+	err = deleteNetNS(netNSPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}