diff --git a/snapcraft/commands/daemon.start b/snapcraft/commands/daemon.start
index ac944cae1..821799aee 100755
--- a/snapcraft/commands/daemon.start
+++ b/snapcraft/commands/daemon.start
@@ -456,18 +456,6 @@ fi
 echo "==> Exposing LXD documentation"
 export LXD_DOCUMENTATION="${SNAP_CURRENT}/share/lxd-documentation"
 
-# Setup shiftfs
-if [ "${shiftfs_enable:-"auto"}" = "auto" ]; then
-    echo "==> Disabling shiftfs on this kernel (auto)"
-    shiftfs_enable="false"
-elif [ "${shiftfs_enable:-"auto"}" = "false" ]; then
-    echo "==> Disabling shiftfs at user request"
-fi
-
-if [ "${shiftfs_enable:-"auto"}" = "false" ]; then
-    export LXD_SHIFTFS_DISABLE=true
-fi
-
 # LXC
 ## Host specific overrides
 mkdir -p "${SNAP_COMMON}/lxc"