diff --git a/virtcontainers/container.go b/virtcontainers/container.go
index 47380131b3..fa949fa963 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/container.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/container.go
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ func (c *Container) createContainersDirs() error {
 func (c *Container) mountSharedDirMounts(hostSharedDir, guestSharedDir string) ([]Mount, error) {
 	var sharedDirMounts []Mount
 	for idx, m := range c.mounts {
-		if isSystemMount(m.Destination) || m.Type != "bind" {
+		if m.Type != "bind" {
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/virtcontainers/mount.go b/virtcontainers/mount.go
index adffa21aab..2502ac1e85 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/mount.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/mount.go
@@ -29,18 +29,6 @@ import (
 
 var rootfsDir = "rootfs"
 
-var systemMountPrefixes = []string{"/proc", "/dev", "/sys"}
-
-func isSystemMount(m string) bool {
-	for _, p := range systemMountPrefixes {
-		if m == p || strings.HasPrefix(m, p+"/") {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
 func major(dev uint64) int {
 	return int((dev >> 8) & 0xfff)
 }
diff --git a/virtcontainers/mount_test.go b/virtcontainers/mount_test.go
index 337529acf5..89ee65dd1d 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/mount_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/mount_test.go
@@ -29,30 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func TestIsSystemMount(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		mnt      string
-		expected bool
-	}{
-		{"/sys", true},
-		{"/sys/", true},
-		{"/sys//", true},
-		{"/sys/fs", true},
-		{"/sys/fs/", true},
-		{"/sys/fs/cgroup", true},
-		{"/sysfoo", false},
-		{"/home", false},
-		{"/dev/block/", true},
-	}
-
-	for _, test := range tests {
-		result := isSystemMount(test.mnt)
-		if result != test.expected {
-			t.Fatalf("Expected result for path %s : %v, got %v", test.mnt, test.expected, result)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestMajorMinorNumber(t *testing.T) {
 	devices := []string{"/dev/zero", "/dev/net/tun"}