diff --git a/volume/local/local.go b/volume/local/local.go
index 29e3cc9a54..eb78814ab0 100644
--- a/volume/local/local.go
+++ b/volume/local/local.go
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-// VolumeDataPathName is the name of the directory where the volume data is stored.
-// It uses a very distinctive name to avoid collisions migrating data between
-// Docker versions.
 const (
-	VolumeDataPathName = "_data"
+	// volumeDataPathName is the name of the directory where the volume data is stored.
+	// It uses a very distinctive name to avoid collisions migrating data between
+	// Docker versions.
+	volumeDataPathName = "_data"
 	volumesPathName    = "volumes"
 )
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (r *Root) List() ([]volume.Volume, error) {
 
 // DataPath returns the constructed path of this volume.
 func (r *Root) DataPath(volumeName string) string {
-	return filepath.Join(r.path, volumeName, VolumeDataPathName)
+	return filepath.Join(r.path, volumeName, volumeDataPathName)
 }
 
 // Name returns the name of Root, defined in the volume package in the DefaultDriverName constant.
diff --git a/volume/local/local_unix.go b/volume/local/local_unix.go
index 4fdd182544..3ef2db40c3 100644
--- a/volume/local/local_unix.go
+++ b/volume/local/local_unix.go
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	oldVfsDir = filepath.Join("vfs", "dir")
-
 	validOpts = map[string]struct{}{
 		"type":   {}, // specify the filesystem type for mount, e.g. nfs
 		"o":      {}, // generic mount options
@@ -53,16 +51,9 @@ func (o *optsConfig) String() string {
 // scopedPath verifies that the path where the volume is located
 // is under Docker's root and the valid local paths.
 func (r *Root) scopedPath(realPath string) bool {
-	// Volumes path for Docker version >= 1.7
 	if strings.HasPrefix(realPath, filepath.Join(r.scope, volumesPathName)) && realPath != filepath.Join(r.scope, volumesPathName) {
 		return true
 	}
-
-	// Volumes path for Docker version < 1.7
-	if strings.HasPrefix(realPath, filepath.Join(r.scope, oldVfsDir)) {
-		return true
-	}
-
 	return false
 }