diff --git a/gnu/system/file-systems.scm b/gnu/system/file-systems.scm
index 27734e892a..9de465167d 100644
--- a/gnu/system/file-systems.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/file-systems.scm
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ TARGET in the other system."
                    ;; parent directory.
                    (dependencies (list parent))))
                '("cpuset" "cpu" "cpuacct" "memory" "devices" "freezer"
-                 "blkio" "perf_event" "hugetlb")))))
+                 "blkio" "perf_event")))))
 
 (define %elogind-file-systems
   ;; We don't use systemd, but these file systems are needed for elogind,