diff --git a/pkg/mounter/safe_mounter_host_process_windows.go b/pkg/mounter/safe_mounter_host_process_windows.go
index 44ae476987..12f7d5541e 100644
--- a/pkg/mounter/safe_mounter_host_process_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/mounter/safe_mounter_host_process_windows.go
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ func NewWinMounter(listDisksUsingWinCIM bool) *winMounter {
 }
 
 // Mount just creates a soft link at target pointing to source.
-func (mounter *winMounter) Mount(source, target, fstype string, options []string) error {
-	return filesystem.LinkPath(normalizeWindowsPath(source), normalizeWindowsPath(target))
+func (mounter *winMounter) Mount(source, target, _ string, _ []string) error {
+	return os.Symlink(normalizeWindowsPath(source), normalizeWindowsPath(target))
 }
 
 // Rmdir - delete the given directory
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func (mounter *winMounter) IsLikelyNotMountPoint(path string) (bool, error) {
 // Currently the make dir is only used from the staging code path, hence we call it
 // with Plugin context..
 func (mounter *winMounter) MakeDir(path string) error {
-	return filesystem.Mkdir(normalizeWindowsPath(path))
+	return os.MkdirAll(normalizeWindowsPath(path), 0755)
 }
 
 // ExistsPath - Checks if a path exists. Unlike util ExistsPath, this call does not perform follow link.
diff --git a/pkg/os/filesystem/filesystem.go b/pkg/os/filesystem/filesystem.go
index 825bd47e61..76ff2d403b 100644
--- a/pkg/os/filesystem/filesystem.go
+++ b/pkg/os/filesystem/filesystem.go
@@ -104,13 +104,6 @@ func ValidatePathWindows(path string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func Mkdir(path string) error {
-	if err := ValidatePathWindows(path); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return os.MkdirAll(path, 0755)
-}
-
 func Rmdir(path string, force bool) error {
 	if err := ValidatePathWindows(path); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -122,28 +115,10 @@ func Rmdir(path string, force bool) error {
 	return os.Remove(path)
 }
 
-func LinkPath(sourcePath, targetPath string) error {
-	return CreateSymlink(sourcePath, targetPath)
-}
-
-func CreateSymlink(sourcePath, targetPath string) error {
-	if err := ValidatePathWindows(targetPath); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := ValidatePathWindows(sourcePath); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return os.Symlink(sourcePath, targetPath)
-}
-
 func IsMountPoint(path string) (bool, error) {
 	return IsSymlink(path)
 }
 
-func IsSymlink(path string) (bool, error) {
-	return isSymlink(path)
-}
-
 // IsSymlink - returns true if tgt is a mount point.
 // A path is considered a mount point if:
 // - directory exists and
@@ -151,7 +126,7 @@ func IsSymlink(path string) (bool, error) {
 // - the target path of the link exists.
 // If tgt path does not exist, it returns an error
 // if tgt path exists, but the source path tgt points to does not exist, it returns false without error.
-func isSymlink(tgt string) (bool, error) {
+func IsSymlink(tgt string) (bool, error) {
 	// This code is similar to k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount except the pathExists usage.
 	stat, err := os.Lstat(tgt)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/os/volume/volume.go b/pkg/os/volume/volume.go
index fe26d43b14..11a5327d21 100644
--- a/pkg/os/volume/volume.go
+++ b/pkg/os/volume/volume.go
@@ -28,17 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/azuredisk-csi-driver/pkg/azureutils"
 )
 
-var (
-	// VolumeRegexp matches a Windows Volume
-	// example: Volume{452e318a-5cde-421e-9831-b9853c521012}
-	//
-	// The field UniqueId has an additional prefix which is NOT included in the regex
-	// however the regex can match UniqueId too
-	// PS C:\disks> (Get-Disk -Number 1 | Get-Partition | Get-Volume).UniqueId
-	// \\?\Volume{452e318a-5cde-421e-9831-b9853c521012}\
-	VolumeRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`Volume\{[\w-]*\}`)
-)
-
 func getVolumeSize(volumeID string) (int64, error) {
 	cmd := "(Get-Volume -UniqueId \"$Env:volumeID\" | Get-partition).Size"
 	out, err := azureutils.RunPowershellCmd(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("volumeID=%s", volumeID))