diff --git a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-mount-firstboot-sysroot.service b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-mount-firstboot-sysroot.service
index bad8e876a2..3ba677d0e3 100644
--- a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-mount-firstboot-sysroot.service
+++ b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-mount-firstboot-sysroot.service
@@ -22,5 +22,4 @@ Before=ostree-prepare-root.service ignition-remount-sysroot.service
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-EnvironmentFile=-/run/sysroot.env
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ignition-ostree-mount-sysroot
diff --git a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-mount-subsequent-sysroot.service b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-mount-subsequent-sysroot.service
index f7409b1fee..92dde886f0 100644
--- a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-mount-subsequent-sysroot.service
+++ b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-mount-subsequent-sysroot.service
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@ Before=ostree-prepare-root.service
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-EnvironmentFile=-/run/sysroot.env
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ignition-ostree-mount-sysroot
diff --git a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-mount-sysroot.sh b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-mount-sysroot.sh
index 2bc332b2d9..047ba2da37 100755
--- a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-mount-sysroot.sh
+++ b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-mount-sysroot.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # In the future this will be augmented with a check for whether
 # or not we've reprovisioned the rootfs, since we don't want to
 # force on prjquota there.
-rootpath="${ROOT_DEVICE_PATH:-/dev/disk/by-label/root}"
-
-# If root is on a multipath device, we use that one.
-# this link is created by our own udev rule.
+rootpath=/dev/disk/by-label/root
 if ! [ -b "${rootpath}" ]; then
   echo "ignition-ostree-mount-sysroot: Failed to find ${rootpath}" 1>&2
   exit 1