diff --git a/usr/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_mdadm b/usr/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_mdadm
index 637319172..0d364cdd4 100644
--- a/usr/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_mdadm
+++ b/usr/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_mdadm
@@ -45,6 +45,4 @@ run_hook ()
     else
         msg ":: Skipping already run by arch_root_advanced hook..."
     fi
-    ### HACK: allow udev assembly again!
-    rm /etc/udev/rules.d/64-md-raid-assembly.rules
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_mdadm b/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_mdadm
index 819ff7da3..7a8c29c5f 100644
--- a/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_mdadm
+++ b/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_mdadm
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ build ()
     add_binary "mdassemble" 
     add_binary "mdadm" 
     add_binary "mdmon"
-    ### HACK stop assembling of dmraid devices before dmraid was called!
-    add_symlink "/etc/udev/rules.d/64-md-raid-assembly.rules" "/dev/null"
     # check if a custom mdadm.conf exists
     if grep -q ^ARRAY /etc/mdadm.conf; then
         echo "Custom /etc/mdadm.conf file will be used in initramfs for assembling arrays."