diff --git a/mount/init.go b/mount/init.go
index e61d3c3b..4e913ad1 100644
--- a/mount/init.go
+++ b/mount/init.go
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/docker/libcontainer"
-	"github.com/docker/libcontainer/cgroups"
 	"github.com/docker/libcontainer/label"
 	"github.com/docker/libcontainer/mount/nodes"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/symlink"
@@ -94,69 +92,6 @@ func mountSystem(rootfs string, container *libcontainer.Container) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("mounting %s into %s %s", m.source, m.path, err)
 		}
 	}
-
-	// Mount all cgroup subsystems into the container, read-only. Create symlinks for each
-	// subsystem if any subsystems are merged
-	cgroupMounts, err := cgroups.GetCgroupMounts()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	cgroupsDir := filepath.Join(rootfs, "/sys/fs/cgroup")
-
-	for _, m := range cgroupMounts {
-		dir := filepath.Base(m.Mountpoint)
-		mountpoint := filepath.Join(cgroupsDir, dir)
-
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(mountpoint, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("mkdirall %s %s", mountpoint, err)
-		}
-
-		// Bind-mount the cgroup to /sys/fs/cgroup with the same name as the outer mount
-		if err := system.Mount(m.Mountpoint, mountpoint, "bind", uintptr(syscall.MS_BIND|defaultMountFlags), ""); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("mounting %s into %s %s", m.Mountpoint, mountpoint, err)
-		}
-		// Make it read-only
-		if err := system.Mount(mountpoint, mountpoint, "bind", uintptr(syscall.MS_BIND|syscall.MS_REMOUNT|syscall.MS_RDONLY|defaultMountFlags), ""); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("remounting %s into %s %s", mountpoint, mountpoint, err)
-		}
-
-		hasName := false
-		for _, subsys := range m.Subsystems {
-			isName := strings.HasPrefix(subsys, "name=")
-			canonicalName := subsys
-			if isName {
-				hasName = true
-				canonicalName = subsys[5:]
-			}
-
-			// For the merged case dir will be something like "cpu,cpuacct", so
-			// we make symlinks for all the pure subsystem names "cpu -> cpu,cpuacct", etc
-			if canonicalName != dir {
-				if err := os.Symlink(dir, filepath.Join(cgroupsDir, canonicalName)); err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("creating cgroup symlink for %s: %s", dir, err)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		// For named cgroups, such as name=systemd we mount a read-write subset at the
-		// current cgroup path. This lets e.g. systemd work inside a container, as it can create subcgroups inside the
-		// current cgroup, while not being able to do anything dangerous in the real cgroups
-		if hasName {
-			cgroupPath, _ := m.GetThisCgroupDir()
-			if cgroupPath != "" && cgroupPath != "/" {
-				if err := system.Mount(filepath.Join(m.Mountpoint, cgroupPath), filepath.Join(mountpoint, cgroupPath), "bind", uintptr(syscall.MS_BIND|defaultMountFlags), ""); err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("mounting %s into %s %s", filepath.Join(m.Mountpoint, cgroupPath), filepath.Join(mountpoint, cgroupPath), err)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Make /sys/fs/cgroup read-only
-	if err := system.Mount(cgroupsDir, cgroupsDir, "bind", uintptr(syscall.MS_REMOUNT|syscall.MS_RDONLY|defaultMountFlags), ""); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("remounting %s read-only %s", cgroupsDir, err)
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -258,7 +193,6 @@ func newSystemMounts(rootfs, mountLabel string, mounts libcontainer.Mounts) []mo
 		{source: "proc", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "proc"), device: "proc", flags: defaultMountFlags},
 		{source: "sysfs", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "sys"), device: "sysfs", flags: defaultMountFlags},
 		{source: "tmpfs", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "dev"), device: "tmpfs", flags: syscall.MS_NOSUID | syscall.MS_STRICTATIME, data: label.FormatMountLabel("mode=755", mountLabel)},
-		{source: "tmpfs", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "sys/fs/cgroup"), device: "tmpfs", flags: defaultMountFlags},
 		{source: "shm", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "dev", "shm"), device: "tmpfs", flags: defaultMountFlags, data: label.FormatMountLabel("mode=1777,size=65536k", mountLabel)},
 		{source: "devpts", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "dev", "pts"), device: "devpts", flags: syscall.MS_NOSUID | syscall.MS_NOEXEC, data: label.FormatMountLabel("newinstance,ptmxmode=0666,mode=620,gid=5", mountLabel)},
 	}