diff --git a/oci/caps/utils.go b/oci/caps/utils.go
index eb32c0b3eb..2d119d4d8e 100644
--- a/oci/caps/utils.go
+++ b/oci/caps/utils.go
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ var capabilityList Capabilities
 
 func init() {
 	last := capability.CAP_LAST_CAP
-	// hack for RHEL6 which has no /proc/sys/kernel/cap_last_cap
-	if last == capability.Cap(63) {
-		last = capability.CAP_BLOCK_SUSPEND
-	}
 	for _, cap := range capability.List() {
 		if cap > last {
 			continue