diff --git a/mkdumprd b/mkdumprd
index 0623940..8ba8e2a 100644
--- a/mkdumprd
+++ b/mkdumprd
@@ -86,9 +86,6 @@ to_mount() {
     # drop nofail or nobootwait
     _options=$(echo $_options | sed 's/\(^\|,\)nofail\($\|,\)/\1/g')
     _options=$(echo $_options | sed 's/\(^\|,\)nobootwait\($\|,\)/\1/g')
-    # use both nofail and x-systemd.before to ensure systemd will try best to
-    # mount it before kdump starts, this is an attempt to improve robustness
-    _options="$_options,nofail,x-systemd.before=initrd-fs.target"
 
     echo "$_pdev $_new_mntpoint $_fstype $_options"
 }