diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix b/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
index c62e3933405d..424a9d179998 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ in
 
     system.activationScripts.stdio = ""; # obsolete
     system.activationScripts.var = ""; # obsolete
+    system.activationScripts.specialfs = ""; # obsolete
 
     systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
       "D /var/empty 0555 root root -"
@@ -252,25 +253,6 @@ in
         rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /usr/bin /usr
       '';
 
-    system.activationScripts.specialfs =
-      ''
-        specialMount() {
-          local device="$1"
-          local mountPoint="$2"
-          local options="$3"
-          local fsType="$4"
-
-          if mountpoint -q "$mountPoint"; then
-            local options="remount,$options"
-          else
-            mkdir -p "$mountPoint"
-            chmod 0755 "$mountPoint"
-          fi
-          mount -t "$fsType" -o "$options" "$device" "$mountPoint"
-        }
-        source ${config.system.build.earlyMountScript}
-      '';
-
     systemd.user = {
       services.nixos-activation = {
         description = "Run user-specific NixOS activation";