diff --git a/src/cmdlib.sh b/src/cmdlib.sh
index 8b5a5a65a8..3cbeb5fd87 100755
--- a/src/cmdlib.sh
+++ b/src/cmdlib.sh
@@ -759,8 +759,6 @@ else
 fi
 echo \$rc > ${rc_file}
 if [ -n "\${cachedev}" ]; then
-    # XXX: brutal workaround for https://github.com/coreos/coreos-assembler/issues/3848
-    killall rofiles-fuse || :
     /sbin/fstrim -v ${workdir}/cache
     mount -o remount,ro ${workdir}/cache
     fsfreeze -f ${workdir}/cache