diff --git a/cmd/cmount/mount.go b/cmd/cmount/mount.go
index c9893f2f7..919f5d895 100644
--- a/cmd/cmount/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/cmount/mount.go
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ func mountOptions(VFS *vfs.VFS, device string, mountpoint string, opt *mountlib.
 		if opt.DaemonTimeout != 0 {
 			options = append(options, "-o", fmt.Sprintf("daemon_timeout=%d", int(opt.DaemonTimeout.Seconds())))
 		}
-		if opt.AllowNonEmpty {
-			options = append(options, "-o", "nonempty")
-		}
 		if opt.AllowOther {
 			options = append(options, "-o", "allow_other")
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/mount/mount.go b/cmd/mount/mount.go
index 765419df4..923681c7c 100644
--- a/cmd/mount/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/mount/mount.go
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ func mountOptions(VFS *vfs.VFS, device string, opt *mountlib.Options) (options [
 	if opt.AsyncRead {
 		options = append(options, fuse.AsyncRead())
 	}
-	if opt.AllowNonEmpty {
-		options = append(options, fuse.AllowNonEmptyMount())
-	}
 	if opt.AllowOther {
 		options = append(options, fuse.AllowOther())
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/mount2/mount.go b/cmd/mount2/mount.go
index cbb890500..48e2f820e 100644
--- a/cmd/mount2/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/mount2/mount.go
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@ func mountOptions(fsys *FS, f fs.Fs, opt *mountlib.Options) (mountOpts *fuse.Mou
 	}
 	var opts []string
 	// FIXME doesn't work opts = append(opts, fmt.Sprintf("max_readahead=%d", maxReadAhead))
-	if fsys.opt.AllowNonEmpty {
-		opts = append(opts, "nonempty")
-	}
 	if fsys.opt.AllowOther {
 		opts = append(opts, "allow_other")
 	}