diff --git a/etc/udev/udev.conf.in b/etc/udev/udev.conf.in
index a92f688c3..41902c4f0 100644
--- a/etc/udev/udev.conf.in
+++ b/etc/udev/udev.conf.in
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 # udev.conf
 
-# Where in the filesystem to place the device nodes.
-udev_root="@udevdir@"
-
-# The name and location of the udev rules file(s).
-udev_rules="@configdir@/rules.d"
-
 # The initial syslog(3) priority: "err", "info", "debug" or its
 # numerical equivalent. For runtime debugging, the daemons internal
 # state can be changed with: "udevcontrol log_priority=<value>".
diff --git a/udev_add.c b/udev_add.c
index 128917e51..174474bdc 100644
--- a/udev_add.c
+++ b/udev_add.c
@@ -272,8 +272,7 @@ int udev_add_device(struct udevice *udev, struct sysfs_class_device *class_dev)
 			goto exit;
 
 		if (udev_db_add_device(udev) != 0)
-			dbg("udev_db_add_dev failed, but we create the node anyway, "
-			    "remove might not work for custom names");
+			dbg("udev_db_add_dev failed, remove might not work for custom names");
 
 		/* use full path to the environment */
 		snprintf(udev->devname, sizeof(udev->devname), "%s/%s", udev_root, udev->name);