--- a/tools/hotplug/Linux/xen-backend.rules
+++ b/tools/hotplug/Linux/xen-backend.rules
@@ -5,11 +5,4 @@
 SUBSYSTEM=="xen-backend", KERNEL=="vif-*", ENV{UDEV_CALL}="1", ACTION=="offline", RUN+="/etc/xen/scripts/vif-setup offline type_if=vif"
 SUBSYSTEM=="xen-backend", KERNEL=="vscsi*", RUN+="/etc/xen/scripts/vscsi $env{ACTION}"
 SUBSYSTEM=="xen-backend", ACTION=="remove", ENV{UDEV_CALL}="1", RUN+="/etc/xen/scripts/xen-hotplug-cleanup"
-KERNEL=="evtchn", NAME="xen/%k"
-SUBSYSTEM=="xen", KERNEL=="blktap[0-9]*", NAME="xen/%k", MODE="0600"
-SUBSYSTEM=="blktap2", KERNEL=="blktap[0-9]*", NAME="xen/blktap-2/%k", MODE="0600"
-KERNEL=="blktap-control", NAME="xen/blktap-2/control", MODE="0600"
-KERNEL=="gntdev", NAME="xen/%k", MODE="0600"
-KERNEL=="pci_iomul", NAME="xen/%k", MODE="0600"
-KERNEL=="tapdev[a-z]*", NAME="xen/blktap-2/tapdev%m", MODE="0600"
 SUBSYSTEM=="net", KERNEL=="vif*-emu", ACTION=="add", ENV{UDEV_CALL}="1", RUN+="/etc/xen/scripts/vif-setup $env{ACTION} type_if=tap"
