diff --git a/src/cmdlib.sh b/src/cmdlib.sh
index bc5a07836b..3cbeb5fd87 100755
--- a/src/cmdlib.sh
+++ b/src/cmdlib.sh
@@ -759,13 +759,8 @@ 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
-    while ! mount -o remount,ro ${workdir}/cache; do
-        echo "failed to remount cache ro; retrying..." |& tee /dev/virtio-ports/cosa-cmdout
-        sleep 1
-    done
+    mount -o remount,ro ${workdir}/cache
     fsfreeze -f ${workdir}/cache
     fsfreeze -u ${workdir}/cache
     umount ${workdir}/cache