diff --git a/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil.go b/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil.go
index 4539afd7086..0e57821d3df 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ package hostutil
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-
-	"k8s.io/mount-utils"
 )
 
 // FileType enumerates the known set of possible file types.
@@ -52,10 +50,6 @@ type HostUtils interface {
 	DeviceOpened(pathname string) (bool, error)
 	// PathIsDevice determines if a path is a device.
 	PathIsDevice(pathname string) (bool, error)
-	// GetDeviceNameFromMount finds the device name by checking the mount path
-	// to get the global mount path within its plugin directory.
-	// TODO: Remove this method once the rbd and vsphere plugins are removed from in-tree.
-	GetDeviceNameFromMount(mounter mount.Interface, mountPath, pluginMountDir string) (string, error)
 	// MakeRShared checks that given path is on a mount with 'rshared' mount
 	// propagation. If not, it bind-mounts the path as rshared.
 	MakeRShared(path string) error
diff --git a/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_test.go b/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_test.go
index 4e68c6f1a9a..c9a3beb95ac 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/util/hostutil/hostutil_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package hostutil
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
@@ -26,79 +25,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"k8s.io/mount-utils"
 	"k8s.io/utils/exec"
 )
 
-// fakeMounter implements mount.Interface for tests.
-type fakeMounter struct {
-	mount.FakeMounter
-	mountRefs  []string
-	raiseError bool
-}
-
-// GetMountRefs finds all mount references to the path, returns a
-// list of paths.
-func (f *fakeMounter) GetMountRefs(pathname string) ([]string, error) {
-	if f.raiseError {
-		return nil, errors.New("Expected error.")
-	}
-
-	return f.mountRefs, nil
-}
-
-func TestDeviceNameFromMount(t *testing.T) {
-	hu := NewHostUtil()
-	path := "/tmp/foo"
-	if goruntime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		path = "C:" + path
-	}
-
-	testCases := map[string]struct {
-		mountRefs     []string
-		expectedPath  string
-		raiseError    bool
-		expectedError string
-	}{
-		"GetMountRefs error": {
-			raiseError:    true,
-			expectedError: "Expected error.",
-		},
-		"No Refs error": {
-			expectedError: fmt.Sprintf("directory %s is not mounted", path),
-		},
-		"No Matching refs": {
-			mountRefs:    []string{filepath.Join("foo", "lish")},
-			expectedPath: filepath.Base(path),
-		},
-		"Matched ref": {
-			mountRefs:    []string{filepath.Join(path, "lish")},
-			expectedPath: "lish",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for name, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			mounter := &fakeMounter{
-				mountRefs:  tc.mountRefs,
-				raiseError: tc.raiseError,
-			}
-
-			path, err := hu.GetDeviceNameFromMount(mounter, path, path)
-			if tc.expectedError != "" {
-				if err == nil || err.Error() != tc.expectedError {
-					t.Fatalf("expected error message `%s` but got `%v`", tc.expectedError, err)
-				}
-				return
-			}
-
-			expectedPath := filepath.FromSlash(tc.expectedPath)
-			assert.Equal(t, expectedPath, path)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func createSocketFile(socketDir string) (string, error) {
 	testSocketFile := filepath.Join(socketDir, "mt.sock")