diff --git a/mock/py/mockbuild/util.py b/mock/py/mockbuild/util.py
index 30dd108c4..bcff1e75e 100644
--- a/mock/py/mockbuild/util.py
+++ b/mock/py/mockbuild/util.py
@@ -1001,17 +1001,6 @@ def _fix_cfg(cfg):
 
     _fix_cfg(bootstrap.config)
 
-    if not baseurl.startswith("file:///") and not baseurl.startswith("/"):
-        return
-
-    local_dir = baseurl.replace("file://", "", 1)
-    if not local_dir or not os.path.isdir(local_dir):
-        return
-
-    mountpoint = bootstrap.make_chroot_path(local_dir)
-    bootstrap.mounts.add(BindMountPoint(srcpath=local_dir,
-                                        bindpath=mountpoint))
-
 
 def subscription_redhat_init(opts, uidManager):
     if not opts['redhat_subscription_required']:
diff --git a/releng/release-notes-next/buildroot-mounts-redundancy.bugfix b/releng/release-notes-next/buildroot-mounts-redundancy.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..797f9b5b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releng/release-notes-next/buildroot-mounts-redundancy.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+De-duplicate mount points for local repositories used with `--chain` or
+`--localrepo=file:///repo/on/host`.  This bug existed in Mock <= 5.6, but after
+fixing the [issue#1414][], it got exposed by our test suite.  Related issues
+include [issue#357][] ([commit#a0a2cba3][]) and [issue#381][]
+([commit#16462acc][]).