diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DockerLinuxContainerRuntime.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DockerLinuxContainerRuntime.java
index f54323cef1..2868dea0ee 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DockerLinuxContainerRuntime.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DockerLinuxContainerRuntime.java
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ public class DockerLinuxContainerRuntime implements LinuxContainerRuntime {
   private PrivilegedOperationExecutor privilegedOperationExecutor;
   private Set<String> allowedNetworks = new HashSet<>();
   private String defaultNetwork;
-  private String cgroupsRootDirectory;
   private CGroupsHandler cGroupsHandler;
   private AccessControlList privilegedContainersAcl;
   private boolean enableUserReMapping;
@@ -290,7 +289,6 @@ public DockerLinuxContainerRuntime(
       LOG.info("cGroupsHandler is null - cgroups not in use.");
     } else {
       this.cGroupsHandler = cGroupsHandler;
-      this.cgroupsRootDirectory = cGroupsHandler.getCGroupMountPath();
     }
   }
 
@@ -796,11 +794,6 @@ public void launchContainer(ContainerRuntimeContext ctx)
     setHostname(runCommand, containerIdStr, hostname);
     runCommand.setCapabilities(capabilities);
 
-    if(cgroupsRootDirectory != null) {
-      runCommand.addReadOnlyMountLocation(cgroupsRootDirectory,
-          cgroupsRootDirectory, false);
-    }
-
     List<String> allDirs = new ArrayList<>(containerLocalDirs);
     allDirs.addAll(filecacheDirs);
     allDirs.add(containerWorkDir.toString());
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/TestDockerContainerRuntime.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/TestDockerContainerRuntime.java
index a825828e0e..48a96e16a2 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/TestDockerContainerRuntime.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/TestDockerContainerRuntime.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.linux.privileged.PrivilegedOperationException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.linux.privileged.PrivilegedOperationExecutor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.linux.resources.CGroupsHandler;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.linux.resources.ResourceHandlerModule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.linux.runtime.docker.DockerCommandExecutor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.linux.runtime.docker.DockerKillCommand;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.linux.runtime.docker.DockerRmCommand;
@@ -332,24 +331,6 @@ private String getExpectedTestCapabilitiesArgumentString()  {
     return expectedCapabilitiesString.toString();
   }
 
-  private String getExpectedCGroupsMountString() {
-    CGroupsHandler cgroupsHandler = ResourceHandlerModule.getCGroupsHandler();
-    if(cgroupsHandler == null) {
-      return "";
-    }
-
-    String cgroupMountPath = cgroupsHandler.getCGroupMountPath();
-    boolean cGroupsMountExists = new File(
-        cgroupMountPath).exists();
-
-    if(cGroupsMountExists) {
-      return "-v " + cgroupMountPath
-          + ":" + cgroupMountPath + ":ro ";
-    } else {
-      return "";
-    }
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void testDockerContainerLaunch()
       throws ContainerExecutionException, PrivilegedOperationException,