diff --git a/headers/private/storage/Partition.h b/headers/private/storage/Partition.h
index 5ef98d015d..a0e356bb4c 100644
--- a/headers/private/storage/Partition.h
+++ b/headers/private/storage/Partition.h
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ public:
 
 			status_t			Mount(const char* mountPoint = NULL,
 									uint32 mountFlags = 0,
-									const char* parameters = NULL,
-									dev_t* devicePointer = NULL);
+									const char* parameters = NULL);
 			status_t			Unmount(uint32 unmountFlags = 0);
 
 	// Hierarchy Info
diff --git a/src/kits/storage/disk_device/Partition.cpp b/src/kits/storage/disk_device/Partition.cpp
index 9e25b38f11..5aa133ac1b 100644
--- a/src/kits/storage/disk_device/Partition.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/storage/disk_device/Partition.cpp
@@ -518,8 +518,6 @@ BPartition::GetMountPoint(BPath* mountPoint) const
 	\param mountFlags Currently only \c B_MOUNT_READ_ONLY is defined, which
 		   forces the volume to be mounted read-only.
 	\param parameters File system specific mount parameters.
-	\param devicePointer Reference to the mounted filesystem for the programs
-		    interested in it
 	\return \c B_OK, if everything went fine, another error code otherwise.
 */
 status_t
@@ -571,12 +569,9 @@ BPartition::Mount(const char* mountPoint, uint32 mountFlags,
 	}
 
 	// update object, if successful
-	if (device >= 0) {
-		error = Device()->Update();
-		if (devicePointer != NULL)
-			*devicePointer = device;
-		return error;
-	}
+	if (device >= 0)
+		return Device()->Update();
+
 	return B_ERROR;
 }