diff --git a/libcontainer/configs/mount.go b/libcontainer/configs/mount.go
index 784c61820..b4c616d55 100644
--- a/libcontainer/configs/mount.go
+++ b/libcontainer/configs/mount.go
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ type Mount struct {
 
 	// Extensions are additional flags that are specific to runc.
 	Extensions int `json:"extensions"`
-
-	// Optional Command to be run before Source is mounted.
-	PremountCmds []Command `json:"premount_cmds"`
-
-	// Optional Command to be run after Source is mounted.
-	PostmountCmds []Command `json:"postmount_cmds"`
 }
 
 func (m *Mount) IsBind() bool {
diff --git a/libcontainer/integration/exec_test.go b/libcontainer/integration/exec_test.go
index ada4f854b..d91201e53 100644
--- a/libcontainer/integration/exec_test.go
+++ b/libcontainer/integration/exec_test.go
@@ -840,55 +840,6 @@ func TestPassExtraFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestMountCmds(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		return
-	}
-
-	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
-	config := newTemplateConfig(t, nil)
-	rootfs := config.Rootfs
-	config.Mounts = append(config.Mounts, &configs.Mount{
-		Source:      tmpDir,
-		Destination: "/tmp",
-		Device:      "bind",
-		Flags:       unix.MS_BIND | unix.MS_REC,
-		PremountCmds: []configs.Command{
-			{Path: "touch", Args: []string{filepath.Join(tmpDir, "hello")}},
-			{Path: "touch", Args: []string{filepath.Join(tmpDir, "world")}},
-		},
-		PostmountCmds: []configs.Command{
-			{Path: "cp", Args: []string{filepath.Join(rootfs, "tmp", "hello"), filepath.Join(rootfs, "tmp", "hello-backup")}},
-			{Path: "cp", Args: []string{filepath.Join(rootfs, "tmp", "world"), filepath.Join(rootfs, "tmp", "world-backup")}},
-		},
-	})
-
-	container, err := newContainer(t, config)
-	ok(t, err)
-	defer destroyContainer(container)
-
-	pconfig := libcontainer.Process{
-		Cwd:  "/",
-		Args: []string{"sh", "-c", "env"},
-		Env:  standardEnvironment,
-		Init: true,
-	}
-	err = container.Run(&pconfig)
-	ok(t, err)
-
-	// Wait for process
-	waitProcess(&pconfig, t)
-
-	entries, err := os.ReadDir(tmpDir)
-	ok(t, err)
-	expected := []string{"hello", "hello-backup", "world", "world-backup"}
-	for i, e := range entries {
-		if e.Name() != expected[i] {
-			t.Errorf("Got(%s), expect %s", e.Name(), expected[i])
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestSysctl(t *testing.T) {
 	if testing.Short() {
 		return
diff --git a/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go b/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go
index 51660f5ef..5290a45ec 100644
--- a/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
@@ -70,12 +69,6 @@ func prepareRootfs(pipe io.ReadWriter, iConfig *initConfig, mountFds []int) (err
 	}
 	setupDev := needsSetupDev(config)
 	for i, m := range config.Mounts {
-		for _, precmd := range m.PremountCmds {
-			if err := mountCmd(precmd); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("error running premount command: %w", err)
-			}
-		}
-
 		// Just before the loop we checked that if not empty, len(mountFds) == len(config.Mounts).
 		// Therefore, we can access mountFds[i] without any concerns.
 		if mountFds != nil && mountFds[i] != -1 {
@@ -85,12 +78,6 @@ func prepareRootfs(pipe io.ReadWriter, iConfig *initConfig, mountFds []int) (err
 		if err := mountToRootfs(m, mountConfig); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error mounting %q to rootfs at %q: %w", m.Source, m.Destination, err)
 		}
-
-		for _, postcmd := range m.PostmountCmds {
-			if err := mountCmd(postcmd); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("error running postmount command: %w", err)
-			}
-		}
 	}
 
 	if setupDev {
@@ -212,16 +199,6 @@ func cleanupTmp(tmpdir string) {
 	_ = os.RemoveAll(tmpdir)
 }
 
-func mountCmd(cmd configs.Command) error {
-	command := exec.Command(cmd.Path, cmd.Args[:]...)
-	command.Env = cmd.Env
-	command.Dir = cmd.Dir
-	if out, err := command.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%#v failed: %s: %w", cmd, string(out), err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func prepareBindMount(m *configs.Mount, rootfs string, mountFd *int) error {
 	source := m.Source
 	if mountFd != nil {