diff --git a/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go b/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go
index 4ff01c05..fe1db75e 100644
--- a/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ func setupRootfs(config *configs.Config, console *linuxConsole, pipe io.ReadWrit
 		if err := setupDevSymlinks(config.Rootfs); err != nil {
 			return newSystemErrorWithCause(err, "setting up /dev symlinks")
 		}
-		if err := label.Relabel(filepath.Join(config.Rootfs, "dev"), config.MountLabel, false); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
 	}
 	// Signal the parent to run the pre-start hooks.
 	// The hooks are run after the mounts are setup, but before we switch to the new