diff --git a/internal/edits/device.go b/internal/edits/device.go
index aca095e3..8f5418de 100644
--- a/internal/edits/device.go
+++ b/internal/edits/device.go
@@ -17,13 +17,9 @@
 package edits
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/discover"
 	"github.com/container-orchestrated-devices/container-device-interface/pkg/cdi"
 	"github.com/container-orchestrated-devices/container-device-interface/specs-go"
-
-	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/devices"
 )
 
 type device discover.Device
@@ -46,21 +42,9 @@ func (d device) toEdits() (*cdi.ContainerEdits, error) {
 // toSpec converts a discovered Device to a CDI Spec Device. Note
 // that missing info is filled in when edits are applied by querying the Device node.
 func (d device) toSpec() (*specs.DeviceNode, error) {
-	// NOTE: This mirrors what cri-o does.
-	// https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/blob/ca3bb80a3dda0440659fcf8da8ed6f23211de94e/internal/config/device/device.go#L93
-	// This can be removed once https://github.com/container-orchestrated-devices/container-device-interface/issues/72 is addressed
-	dev, err := devices.DeviceFromPath(d.HostPath, "rwm")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to query device node %v: %v", d.HostPath, err)
-	}
 	s := specs.DeviceNode{
+		HostPath: d.HostPath,
 		Path:     d.Path,
-		Type:     string(dev.Type),
-		Major:    dev.Major,
-		Minor:    dev.Minor,
-		FileMode: &dev.FileMode,
-		UID:      &dev.Uid,
-		GID:      &dev.Gid,
 	}
 
 	return &s, nil