diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
index e56f0fb190..a4f9b2d0a3 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
@@ -560,12 +560,6 @@ libzfs_init(void)
 		return (NULL);
 	}
 
-#if !defined(HAVE_GPL_ONLY_SYMBOLS)
-	/* If we don't have access to GPL-only symbols then we may not
-	 * use the udev APIs, therefore we must mknod the device ourselves. */
-	(void)mknod(ZFS_DEV, S_IFCHR | 0600, makedev(ZFS_MAJOR, 0));
-#endif
-
 	if ((hdl->libzfs_fd = open(ZFS_DEV, O_RDWR)) < 0) {
 		/* XXX: Allow this failure on linux systems for now.  It
 		 * occurs when we attempt to open the /dev/zfs without the