diff --git a/postplug.d/10filesystems b/postplug.d/10filesystems
index e7080db..f0edc87 100644
--- a/postplug.d/10filesystems
+++ b/postplug.d/10filesystems
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ fi
 #   -name cdrecording -o -name cdrecording[0-9]\* \
 #\) -print | xargs rmdir 2>/dev/null
 
-[ -d /dev/.udev ] || exit 1
-
 if [ "$FS_VFS_UPDATE" != no ]; then
    # note: '[ \t]\+/proc[ \t]\+' does not work :(
    grep -q "/proc" $fstab 2>/dev/null ||