diff --git a/sbin/mount/mount.c b/sbin/mount/mount.c
index e1c4e8a759c1..254d4e81b146 100644
--- a/sbin/mount/mount.c
+++ b/sbin/mount/mount.c
@@ -184,26 +184,6 @@ exec_mountprog(const char *name, const char *execname,
 	return (0);
 }
 
-static
-int specified_ro(const char *arg)
-{
-	char *optbuf, *opt;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	optbuf = strdup(arg);
-	if (optbuf == NULL)
-		 err(1, NULL);
-
-	for (opt = optbuf; (opt = strtok(opt, ",")) != NULL; opt = NULL) {
-		if (strcmp(opt, "ro") == 0) {
-			ret = 1;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	free(optbuf);
-	return (ret);
-}
-
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -212,12 +192,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	struct statfs *mntbuf;
 	FILE *mountdfp;
 	pid_t pid;
-	int all, ch, i, init_flags, mntsize, rval, have_fstab, ro;
+	int all, ch, i, init_flags, mntsize, rval, have_fstab;
 	char *cp, *ep, *options;
 
+	options = strdup("noro");
+	if (options == NULL)
+		errx(1, "malloc failed");
+
 	all = init_flags = 0;
-	ro = 0;
-	options = NULL;
 	vfslist = NULL;
 	vfstype = "ufs";
 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "adF:fo:prwt:uv")) != -1)
@@ -235,11 +217,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			init_flags |= MNT_FORCE;
 			break;
 		case 'o':
-			if (*optarg) {
-				options = catopt(options, optarg);
-				if (specified_ro(optarg))
-					ro = 1;
-			}
+			options = catopt(options, optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'p':
 			fstab_style = 1;
@@ -247,7 +225,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			break;
 		case 'r':
 			options = catopt(options, "ro");
-			ro = 1;
 			break;
 		case 't':
 			if (vfslist != NULL)
@@ -276,9 +253,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	(strcmp(type, FSTAB_RO) &&					\
 	    strcmp(type, FSTAB_RW) && strcmp(type, FSTAB_RQ))
 
-	if ((init_flags & MNT_UPDATE) && (ro == 0))
-		options = catopt(options, "noro");
- 
 	rval = 0;
 	switch (argc) {
 	case 0: