diff --git a/src/test/test-mountpoint-util.c b/src/test/test-mountpoint-util.c
index 5dcec9658d..40b12dd088 100644
--- a/src/test/test-mountpoint-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-mountpoint-util.c
@@ -138,11 +138,6 @@ TEST(path_is_mount_point) {
         assert_se(path_is_mount_point("/proc/1/", NULL, AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW) == 0);
         assert_se(path_is_mount_point("/proc/1/", NULL, 0) == 0);
 
-        assert_se(path_is_mount_point("/dev", NULL, AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW) > 0);
-        assert_se(path_is_mount_point("/dev", NULL, 0) > 0);
-        assert_se(path_is_mount_point("/dev/", NULL, AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW) > 0);
-        assert_se(path_is_mount_point("/dev/", NULL, 0) > 0);
-
         /* we'll create a hierarchy of different kinds of dir/file/link
          * layouts:
          *