diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py
index da483daed5..fd86a094d9 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class DirectPlugin(ImagerPlugin):
         updated = False
         for part in self.parts:
             if not part.realnum or not part.mountpoint \
-               or part.mountpoint == "/" or not part.mountpoint.startswith('/'):
+               or not part.mountpoint.startswith('/'):
                 continue
 
             if part.use_uuid:
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ class DirectPlugin(ImagerPlugin):
             fstab_lines.append(line)
             updated = True
 
+        for line in fstab_lines:
+            if '/dev/root' in line:
+                fstab_lines.remove(line)
+                updated = True
+
         if updated:
             self.updated_fstab_path = os.path.join(self.workdir, "fstab")
             with open(self.updated_fstab_path, "w") as f: