diff --git a/src/agent/src/device.rs b/src/agent/src/device.rs
index 4ee275f300..067c6d03d7 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/device.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/device.rs
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ struct DevIndexEntry {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct DevIndex(HashMap<String, DevIndexEntry>);
 
-#[instrument]
-pub fn rescan_pci_bus() -> Result<()> {
-    online_device(SYSFS_PCI_BUS_RESCAN_FILE)
-}
-
 #[instrument]
 pub fn online_device(path: &str) -> Result<()> {
     fs::write(path, "1")?;
@@ -171,8 +166,6 @@ pub async fn get_virtio_blk_pci_device_name(
     let sysfs_rel_path = pcipath_to_sysfs(&root_bus_sysfs, pcipath)?;
     let matcher = VirtioBlkPciMatcher::new(&sysfs_rel_path);
 
-    rescan_pci_bus()?;
-
     let uev = wait_for_uevent(sandbox, matcher).await?;
     Ok(format!("{}/{}", SYSTEM_DEV_PATH, &uev.devname))
 }
diff --git a/src/agent/src/linux_abi.rs b/src/agent/src/linux_abi.rs
index 08600d9f7e..e49d901f80 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/linux_abi.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/linux_abi.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 use std::fs;
 
 pub const SYSFS_DIR: &str = "/sys";
-pub const SYSFS_PCI_BUS_RESCAN_FILE: &str = "/sys/bus/pci/rescan";
 #[cfg(any(
     target_arch = "powerpc64",
     target_arch = "s390x",
diff --git a/src/agent/src/rpc.rs b/src/agent/src/rpc.rs
index c748beb040..8154975b74 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/rpc.rs
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ use nix::sys::stat;
 use nix::unistd::{self, Pid};
 use rustjail::process::ProcessOperations;
 
-use crate::device::{
-    add_devices, get_virtio_blk_pci_device_name, rescan_pci_bus, update_device_cgroup,
-};
+use crate::device::{add_devices, get_virtio_blk_pci_device_name, update_device_cgroup};
 use crate::linux_abi::*;
 use crate::metrics::get_metrics;
 use crate::mount::{add_storages, baremount, remove_mounts, STORAGE_HANDLER_LIST};
@@ -136,10 +134,6 @@ impl AgentService {
 
         info!(sl!(), "receive createcontainer, spec: {:?}", &oci);
 
-        // re-scan PCI bus
-        // looking for hidden devices
-        rescan_pci_bus().context("Could not rescan PCI bus")?;
-
         // Some devices need some extra processing (the ones invoked with
         // --device for instance), and that's what this call is doing. It
         // updates the devices listed in the OCI spec, so that they actually