diff --git a/build/meta/com/google/android/update-binary b/build/meta/com/google/android/update-binary
index 1a72b3a..5e76f04 100644
--- a/build/meta/com/google/android/update-binary
+++ b/build/meta/com/google/android/update-binary
@@ -34,14 +34,8 @@ ui_print "Mounting /system"
 if mount /system; then
   ui_print "/system mounted"
 else
-  # Try to get the block from /etc/recovery.fstab
-  block=`cat /etc/recovery.fstab | cut -d '#' -f 1 | grep /system | grep -o '/dev/[^ ]*' | head -1`
-  if [ -n "$block" ] && mount $block /system; then
-    ui_print "Could not mount /system! Aborting"
-    exit 1
-  else
-    ui_print "/system mounted"
-  fi
+  ui_print "Could not mount /system! Aborting"
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ -f /system/bin/toybox ]; then