diff --git a/pkg/volume/empty_dir/empty_dir.go b/pkg/volume/empty_dir/empty_dir.go
index d953f2ac886..a42121a492e 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/empty_dir/empty_dir.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/empty_dir/empty_dir.go
@@ -329,11 +329,9 @@ func (ed *emptyDir) TearDownAt(dir string) error {
 }
 
 func (ed *emptyDir) teardownDefault(dir string) error {
-	tmpDir, err := volume.RenameDirectory(dir, ed.volName+".deleting~")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	err = os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+	// Renaming the directory is not required anymore because the operation executor
+	// now handles duplicate operations on the same volume
+	err := os.RemoveAll(dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/volume/volume.go b/pkg/volume/volume.go
index fa749181eaa..76c96d2e222 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/volume.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/volume.go
@@ -17,14 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package volume
 
 import (
-	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-	filepath "path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
@@ -234,96 +228,3 @@ func IsDeletedVolumeInUse(err error) bool {
 func (err deletedVolumeInUseError) Error() string {
 	return string(err)
 }
-
-func RenameDirectory(oldPath, newName string) (string, error) {
-	newPath, err := ioutil.TempDir(filepath.Dir(oldPath), newName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	// os.Rename call fails on windows (https://github.com/golang/go/issues/14527)
-	// Replacing with copyFolder to the newPath and deleting the oldPath directory
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		err = copyFolder(oldPath, newPath)
-		if err != nil {
-			glog.Errorf("Error copying folder from: %s to: %s with error: %v", oldPath, newPath, err)
-			return "", err
-		}
-		os.RemoveAll(oldPath)
-		return newPath, nil
-	}
-
-	err = os.Rename(oldPath, newPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return newPath, nil
-}
-
-func copyFolder(source string, dest string) (err error) {
-	fi, err := os.Lstat(source)
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Errorf("Error getting stats for %s. %v", source, err)
-		return err
-	}
-
-	err = os.MkdirAll(dest, fi.Mode())
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Errorf("Unable to create %s directory %v", dest, err)
-	}
-
-	directory, _ := os.Open(source)
-
-	defer directory.Close()
-
-	objects, err := directory.Readdir(-1)
-
-	for _, obj := range objects {
-		if obj.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		sourceFilePointer := source + "\\" + obj.Name()
-		destinationFilePointer := dest + "\\" + obj.Name()
-
-		if obj.IsDir() {
-			err = copyFolder(sourceFilePointer, destinationFilePointer)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		} else {
-			err = copyFile(sourceFilePointer, destinationFilePointer)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-func copyFile(source string, dest string) (err error) {
-	sourceFile, err := os.Open(source)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	defer sourceFile.Close()
-
-	destFile, err := os.Create(dest)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	defer destFile.Close()
-
-	_, err = io.Copy(destFile, sourceFile)
-	if err == nil {
-		sourceInfo, err := os.Stat(source)
-		if err != nil {
-			err = os.Chmod(dest, sourceInfo.Mode())
-		}
-
-	}
-	return
-}