diff --git a/modules/initramfs.nix b/modules/initramfs.nix
index 0861d7c..8c937df 100644
--- a/modules/initramfs.nix
+++ b/modules/initramfs.nix
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@ in
           dir /proc 0755 0 0
           dir /dev 0755 0 0
           nod /dev/console 0600 0 0 c 5 1
-          nod /dev/mtdblock0 0600 0 0 b 31 0
-          nod /dev/mtdblock1 0600 0 0 b 31 1
-          nod /dev/mtdblock2 0600 0 0 b 31 2
-          nod /dev/mtdblock3 0600 0 0 b 31 3
-          nod /dev/mtdblock4 0600 0 0 b 31 4
-          nod /dev/mtdblock5 0600 0 0 b 31 5
           dir /target 0755 0 0
           dir /target/persist 0755 0 0
           dir /target/nix 0755 0 0
diff --git a/pkgs/preinit/preinit.c b/pkgs/preinit/preinit.c
index f6236ec..182edd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/preinit/preinit.c
+++ b/pkgs/preinit/preinit.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
     write(1, banner, strlen(banner));
 
     AVER(mount("none", "/proc", "proc", 0, NULL));
+    AVER(mount("none", "/dev", "devtmpfs", 0, NULL));
 
     int cmdline = open("/proc/cmdline", O_RDONLY, 0);