diff --git a/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_linux.go b/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_linux.go
index 381ad4bf666..cd05277dfca 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_linux.go
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 )
 
-// Defined by Linux - the type number for tmpfs mounts.
-const (
-	linuxTmpfsMagic     = 0x01021994
-	linuxHugetlbfsMagic = 0x958458f6
-)
-
 // realMountDetector implements mountDetector in terms of syscalls.
 type realMountDetector struct {
 	mounter mount.Interface
@@ -98,9 +92,9 @@ func (m *realMountDetector) GetMountMedium(path string, requestedMedium v1.Stora
 
 	klog.V(3).Infof("Statfs_t of %v: %+v", path, buf)
 
-	if buf.Type == linuxTmpfsMagic {
+	if buf.Type == unix.TMPFS_MAGIC {
 		return v1.StorageMediumMemory, !notMnt, nil, nil
-	} else if int64(buf.Type) == linuxHugetlbfsMagic {
+	} else if int64(buf.Type) == unix.HUGETLBFS_MAGIC {
 		// Skip page size detection if requested medium doesn't have size specified
 		if requestedMedium == v1.StorageMediumHugePages {
 			return v1.StorageMediumHugePages, !notMnt, nil, nil
diff --git a/test/images/agnhost/mounttest/mt_utils.go b/test/images/agnhost/mounttest/mt_utils.go
index e78c1811fed..aff5585d996 100644
--- a/test/images/agnhost/mounttest/mt_utils.go
+++ b/test/images/agnhost/mounttest/mt_utils.go
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ func umask(mask int) int {
 	return syscall.Umask(mask)
 }
 
-// Defined by Linux (sys/statfs.h) - the type number for tmpfs mounts.
-const linuxTmpfsMagic = 0x01021994
-
 func fsType(path string) error {
 	if path == "" {
 		return nil
@@ -43,11 +40,7 @@ func fsType(path string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if buf.Type == linuxTmpfsMagic {
-		fmt.Printf("mount type of %q: tmpfs\n", path)
-	} else {
-		fmt.Printf("mount type of %q: %v\n", path, buf.Type)
-	}
+	fmt.Printf("mount type of %q: %v\n", path, buf.Type)
 
 	return nil
 }