diff --git a/cros-disks/sshfs_helper.cc b/cros-disks/sshfs_helper.cc
index 7aae0ef..c0aad27 100644
--- a/cros-disks/sshfs_helper.cc
+++ b/cros-disks/sshfs_helper.cc
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@
   mount_options.WhitelistOptionPrefix(kOptionUserKnownHostsFile);
   mount_options.WhitelistOptionPrefix(kOptionHostName);
   mount_options.WhitelistOptionPrefix(kOptionPort);
-  mount_options.WhitelistOption(MountOptions::kOptionNoSymFollow);
   mount_options.Initialize(opts, true, base::IntToString(files_uid),
                            base::IntToString(files_gid));