diff --git a/steps/improve/populate_device_nodes.sh b/steps/improve/populate_device_nodes.sh
index 99f081cb..83b59f25 100755
--- a/steps/improve/populate_device_nodes.sh
+++ b/steps/improve/populate_device_nodes.sh
@@ -22,20 +22,18 @@ if mount --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     test -d "/proc" || (mkdir /proc && mount -t proc proc /proc)
 fi
 
-if [ "${CHROOT}" = False ]; then
-    test -c "/dev/tty1" || mknod -m 666 "/dev/tty1" c 4 1
-    test -c "/dev/tty2" || mknod -m 666 "/dev/tty2" c 4 2
-    test -c "/dev/console" || mknod -m 666 "/dev/console" c 5 1
-    test -b "/dev/sda" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sda" b 8 0
-    test -b "/dev/sda1" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sda1" b 8 1
-    test -b "/dev/sda2" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sda2" b 8 2
-    test -b "/dev/sda3" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sda3" b 8 3
-    test -b "/dev/sdb" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdb" b 8 16
-    test -b "/dev/sdb1" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdb1" b 8 17
-    test -b "/dev/sdb2" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdb2" b 8 18
-    test -b "/dev/sdb2" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdb3" b 8 19
-    test -b "/dev/sdc" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdc" b 8 32
-    test -b "/dev/sdc1" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdc1" b 8 33
-    test -b "/dev/sdc2" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdc2" b 8 34
-    test -b "/dev/sdc3" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdc3" b 8 35
-fi
+test -c "/dev/tty1" || mknod -m 666 "/dev/tty1" c 4 1
+test -c "/dev/tty2" || mknod -m 666 "/dev/tty2" c 4 2
+test -c "/dev/console" || mknod -m 666 "/dev/console" c 5 1
+test -b "/dev/sda" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sda" b 8 0
+test -b "/dev/sda1" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sda1" b 8 1
+test -b "/dev/sda2" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sda2" b 8 2
+test -b "/dev/sda3" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sda3" b 8 3
+test -b "/dev/sdb" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdb" b 8 16
+test -b "/dev/sdb1" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdb1" b 8 17
+test -b "/dev/sdb2" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdb2" b 8 18
+test -b "/dev/sdb2" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdb3" b 8 19
+test -b "/dev/sdc" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdc" b 8 32
+test -b "/dev/sdc1" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdc1" b 8 33
+test -b "/dev/sdc2" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdc2" b 8 34
+test -b "/dev/sdc3" || mknod -m 600 "/dev/sdc3" b 8 35