diff --git a/src/core/kcoredirlister.cpp b/src/core/kcoredirlister.cpp
--- a/src/core/kcoredirlister.cpp
+++ b/src/core/kcoredirlister.cpp
@@ -532,10 +532,6 @@
         }
         return true;
     }
-    const bool supermount = mp->mountType() == QLatin1String("supermount");
-    if (supermount) {
-        return true;
-    }
     // noauto -> manually mounted. Otherwise, mounted at boot time, won't be unmounted any time soon hopefully.
     return mp->mountOptions().contains(QStringLiteral("noauto"));
 }
diff --git a/src/core/kmountpoint.cpp b/src/core/kmountpoint.cpp
--- a/src/core/kmountpoint.cpp
+++ b/src/core/kmountpoint.cpp
@@ -151,27 +151,8 @@
 #define FSNAME(var) var.mnt_special
 #endif
 
-/**
- * When using supermount, the device name is in the options field
- * as dev=/my/device
- */
-static QString devNameFromOptions(const QStringList &options)
-{
-    // Search options to find the device name
-    for (QStringList::ConstIterator it = options.begin(); it != options.end(); ++it) {
-        if ((*it).startsWith(QLatin1String("dev="))) {
-            return (*it).mid(4);
-        }
-    }
-    return QStringLiteral("none");
-}
-
 void KMountPoint::Private::finalizePossibleMountPoint(DetailsNeededFlags infoNeeded)
 {
-    if (mountType == QLatin1String("supermount")) {
-        mountedFrom = devNameFromOptions(mountOptions);
-    }
-
     if (mountedFrom.startsWith(QLatin1String("UUID="))) {
         const QString uuid = mountedFrom.mid(5);
         const QString potentialDevice = QFile::symLinkTarget(QLatin1String("/dev/disk/by-uuid/") + uuid);
@@ -226,9 +207,7 @@
         mp->d->mountPoint = QFile::decodeName(MOUNTPOINT(fe));
         mp->d->mountType = QFile::decodeName(MOUNTTYPE(fe));
 
-        //Devices using supermount have their device names in the mount options
-        //instead of the device field. That's why we need to read the mount options
-        if (infoNeeded & NeedMountOptions || (mp->d->mountType == QLatin1String("supermount"))) {
+        if (infoNeeded & NeedMountOptions) {
             QString options = QFile::decodeName(MOUNTOPTIONS(fe));
             mp->d->mountOptions = options.split(QLatin1Char(','));
         }
@@ -428,9 +407,7 @@
         mp->d->mountPoint = QFile::decodeName(MOUNTPOINT(fe));
         mp->d->mountType = QFile::decodeName(MOUNTTYPE(fe));
 
-        //Devices using supermount have their device names in the mount options
-        //instead of the device field. That's why we need to read the mount options
-        if (infoNeeded & NeedMountOptions || (mp->d->mountType == QLatin1String("supermount"))) {
+        if (infoNeeded & NeedMountOptions) {
             QString options = QFile::decodeName(MOUNTOPTIONS(fe));
             mp->d->mountOptions = options.split(QLatin1Char(','));
         }