diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index d6ae1ebd929..b8e4327c219 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) cleanupOrphanedPodDirs(pods []*api.Pod, runningPods []*kubeco
 		}
 
 		glog.V(3).Infof("Orphaned pod %q found, removing", uid)
-		if err := util.RemoveAllSkipMountPoints(kl.getPodDir(uid)); err != nil {
+		if err := os.RemoveAll(kl.getPodDir(uid)); err != nil {
 			errlist = append(errlist, err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util/util.go b/pkg/util/util.go
index 47923eb0581..e98db0fc2ad 100644
--- a/pkg/util/util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/util.go
@@ -31,12 +31,10 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/google/gofuzz"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount"
 )
 
 // For testing, bypass HandleCrash.
@@ -522,87 +520,9 @@ func FileExists(filename string) (bool, error) {
 	return true, nil
 }
 
-// borrowed from os.RemoveAll
-// RemoveAllSkipMountPoints removes path and any children it contains.
-// It removes everything that is not a mountpoint it can
-// but returns the first error it encounters.
-// If the path does not exist, RemoveAll returns nil (no error).
-func RemoveAllSkipMountPoints(path string) error {
-	mounter := &mount.Mounter{}
-	if notMnt, err := mounter.IsLikelyNotMountPoint(path); err == nil {
-		if !notMnt {
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-	// Simple case: if Remove works, we're done.
-	err := os.Remove(path)
-	if err == nil || os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// Otherwise, is this a directory we need to recurse into?
-	dir, serr := os.Lstat(path)
-	if serr != nil {
-		if serr, ok := serr.(*os.PathError); ok && (os.IsNotExist(serr.Err) || serr.Err == syscall.ENOTDIR) {
-			return nil
-		}
-		return serr
-	}
-	if !dir.IsDir() {
-		// Not a directory; return the error from Remove.
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Directory.
-	fd, err := os.Open(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			// Race. It was deleted between the Lstat and Open.
-			// Return nil per RemoveAllSkipMountPoints's docs.
-			return nil
-		}
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Remove contents & return first error.
-	err = nil
-	for {
-		names, err1 := fd.Readdirnames(100)
-		for _, name := range names {
-			err1 := RemoveAllSkipMountPoints(path + string(os.PathSeparator) + name)
-			if err == nil {
-				err = err1
-			}
-		}
-		if err1 == io.EOF {
-			break
-		}
-		// If Readdirnames returned an error, use it.
-		if err == nil {
-			err = err1
-		}
-		if len(names) == 0 {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Close directory, because windows won't remove opened directory.
-	fd.Close()
-
-	// Remove directory.
-	err1 := os.Remove(path)
-	if err1 == nil || os.IsNotExist(err1) {
-		return nil
-	}
-	if err == nil {
-		err = err1
-	}
-	return err
-}
-
 // borrowed from ioutil.ReadDir
 // ReadDir reads the directory named by dirname and returns
-// a list of directory entries, ignoring lstat returns
+// a list of directory entries, minus those with lstat errors
 func ReadDirNoExit(dirname string) ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
 	if dirname == "" {
 		dirname = "."
@@ -623,6 +543,7 @@ func ReadDirNoExit(dirname string) ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
 			// Just treat it as if it didn't exist.
 			continue
 		}
+		// if lstat fails, fip is nil
 		if fip != nil {
 			list = append(list, fip)
 		}