diff --git a/weed/mount/directory.go b/weed/mount/directory.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 60fbafc37..000000000
--- a/weed/mount/directory.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-package mount
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
-	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fs"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-type Directory struct {
-	fs.Inode
-
-	name   string
-	wfs    *WFS
-	entry  *filer_pb.Entry
-	parent *Directory
-	id     uint64
-}
-
-func (dir *Directory) FullPath() string {
-	var parts []string
-	for p := dir; p != nil; p = p.parent {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(p.name, "/") {
-			if len(p.name) > 1 {
-				parts = append(parts, p.name[1:])
-			}
-		} else {
-			parts = append(parts, p.name)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(parts) == 0 {
-		return "/"
-	}
-
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	for i := len(parts) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-		buf.WriteString("/")
-		buf.WriteString(parts[i])
-	}
-	return buf.String()
-}
diff --git a/weed/mount/directory_read.go b/weed/mount/directory_read.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6034856f0..000000000
--- a/weed/mount/directory_read.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-package mount
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer"
-	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
-	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/mount/meta_cache"
-	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
-	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fs"
-	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
-	"math"
-	"os"
-	"syscall"
-)
-
-var _ = fs.NodeReaddirer(&Directory{})
-var _ = fs.NodeGetattrer(&Directory{})
-
-func (dir *Directory) Getattr(ctx context.Context, fh fs.FileHandle, out *fuse.AttrOut) syscall.Errno {
-	out.Mode = 0755
-	return 0
-}
-
-func (dir *Directory) Readdir(ctx context.Context) (fs.DirStream, syscall.Errno) {
-
-	dirPath := util.FullPath(dir.FullPath())
-	glog.V(4).Infof("Readdir %s", dirPath)
-
-	sourceChan := make(chan fuse.DirEntry, 64)
-
-	stream := newDirectoryListStream(sourceChan)
-
-	processEachEntryFn := func(entry *filer.Entry, isLast bool) {
-		sourceChan <- fuse.DirEntry{
-			Mode: uint32(entry.Mode),
-			Name: entry.Name(),
-			Ino:  dirPath.Child(entry.Name()).AsInode(os.ModeDir),
-		}
-	}
-
-	if err := meta_cache.EnsureVisited(dir.wfs.metaCache, dir.wfs, dirPath); err != nil {
-		glog.Errorf("dir ReadDirAll %s: %v", dirPath, err)
-		return nil, fs.ToErrno(os.ErrInvalid)
-	}
-	go func() {
-		dir.wfs.metaCache.ListDirectoryEntries(context.Background(), dirPath, "", false, int64(math.MaxInt32), func(entry *filer.Entry) bool {
-			processEachEntryFn(entry, false)
-			return true
-		})
-		close(sourceChan)
-	}()
-
-	return stream, fs.OK
-}
-
-var _ = fs.DirStream(&DirectoryListStream{})
-
-type DirectoryListStream struct {
-	next       fuse.DirEntry
-	sourceChan chan fuse.DirEntry
-	isStarted  bool
-	hasNext    bool
-}
-
-func newDirectoryListStream(ch chan fuse.DirEntry) *DirectoryListStream {
-	return &DirectoryListStream{
-		sourceChan: ch,
-	}
-}
-
-func (i *DirectoryListStream) HasNext() bool {
-	if !i.isStarted {
-		i.next, i.hasNext = <-i.sourceChan
-		i.isStarted = true
-	}
-	return i.hasNext
-}
-func (i *DirectoryListStream) Next() (fuse.DirEntry, syscall.Errno) {
-	t := i.next
-	i.next, i.hasNext = <-i.sourceChan
-	return t, fs.OK
-}
-func (i *DirectoryListStream) Close() {
-}
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs.go b/weed/mount/weedfs.go
index 47cb5ad98..51bf641ef 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs.go
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ type WFS struct {
 	option            *Option
 	metaCache         *meta_cache.MetaCache
 	stats             statsCache
-	root              Directory
 	chunkCache        *chunk_cache.TieredChunkCache
 	signature         int32
 	concurrentWriters *util.LimitedConcurrentExecutor
@@ -78,13 +77,6 @@ func NewSeaweedFileSystem(option *Option) *WFS {
 		dhmap:         NewDirectoryHandleToInode(),
 	}
 
-	wfs.root = Directory{
-		name:   "/",
-		wfs:    wfs,
-		entry:  nil,
-		parent: nil,
-	}
-
 	wfs.option.filerIndex = rand.Intn(len(option.FilerAddresses))
 	wfs.option.setupUniqueCacheDirectory()
 	if option.CacheSizeMB > 0 {
@@ -113,10 +105,6 @@ func (wfs *WFS) StartBackgroundTasks() {
 	go meta_cache.SubscribeMetaEvents(wfs.metaCache, wfs.signature, wfs, wfs.option.FilerMountRootPath, startTime.UnixNano())
 }
 
-func (wfs *WFS) Root() *Directory {
-	return &wfs.root
-}
-
 func (wfs *WFS) String() string {
 	return "seaweedfs"
 }