diff --git a/init.d/swap.in b/init.d/swap.in
index 4fb2b350..c030ad80 100644
--- a/init.d/swap.in
+++ b/init.d/swap.in
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@ start()
 stop()
 {
 	ebegin "Deactivating swap devices"
-
-	# Try to unmount all tmpfs filesystems not in use, else a deadlock may
-	# occur. As $RC_SVCDIR may also be tmpfs we cd to it to lock it
-	cd "$RC_SVCDIR"
-	umount -a -t tmpfs 2>/dev/null
-
 	case "$RC_UNAME" in
 		NetBSD|OpenBSD)	swapctl -U -t noblk >/dev/null;;
 		*)		swapoff -a >/dev/null;;