diff --git a/src/backupcleaner.js b/src/backupcleaner.js
index 9362eb5e7..1aa48dd85 100644
--- a/src/backupcleaner.js
+++ b/src/backupcleaner.js
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ async function run(progressCallback) {
     const { retention } = await backups.getPolicy();
     debug(`run: retention is ${JSON.stringify(retention)}`);
 
-    const status = await storage.api(backupConfig.provider).getProviderStatus(backupConfig);
+    const status = await backups.getMountStatus();
     debug(`run: mount point status is ${JSON.stringify(status)}`);
     if (status.state !== 'active') throw new BoxError(BoxError.MOUNT_ERROR, `Backup endpoint is not mounted: ${status.message}`);
 
diff --git a/src/backups.js b/src/backups.js
index 57b246915..44ef1f747 100644
--- a/src/backups.js
+++ b/src/backups.js
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ async function getMountStatus() {
     } else if (backupConfig.provider === 'filesystem') {
         hostPath = backupConfig.backupFolder;
     } else {
-        throw new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_STATE, 'Backup location is not a mount');
+        return { state: 'active' };
     }
 
     return await mounts.getStatus(backupConfig.provider, hostPath); // { state, message }
diff --git a/src/backuptask.js b/src/backuptask.js
index 1974ebfea..8e1fea7ba 100644
--- a/src/backuptask.js
+++ b/src/backuptask.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ async function checkPreconditions(backupConfig, dataLayout) {
     assert(dataLayout instanceof DataLayout, 'dataLayout must be a DataLayout');
 
     // check mount status before uploading
-    const status = await storage.api(backupConfig.provider).getProviderStatus(backupConfig);
+    const status = await backups.getMountStatus();
     debug(`upload: mount point status is ${JSON.stringify(status)}`);
     if (status.state !== 'active') throw new BoxError(BoxError.MOUNT_ERROR, `Backup endpoint is not active: ${status.message}`);
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/remountmount.sh b/src/scripts/remountmount.sh
index bc5ea89bc..9decafe66 100755
--- a/src/scripts/remountmount.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/remountmount.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ host_path="$1"
 mount_filename=$(systemd-escape -p --suffix=mount "$host_path")
 mount_file="/etc/systemd/system/${mount_filename}"
 
-# stop and start will do the reumount
+# stop and start will do the remount
 systemctl stop "${mount_filename}"
 systemctl start "${mount_filename}"
 
diff --git a/src/storage/filesystem.js b/src/storage/filesystem.js
index 577efa7c3..68bafe7fb 100644
--- a/src/storage/filesystem.js
+++ b/src/storage/filesystem.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports = module.exports = {
-    getProviderStatus,
     getAvailableSize,
 
     upload,
@@ -35,23 +34,12 @@ const assert = require('assert'),
     debug = require('debug')('box:storage/filesystem'),
     df = require('../df.js'),
     fs = require('fs'),
-    mounts = require('../mounts.js'),
     path = require('path'),
     paths = require('../paths.js'),
     readdirp = require('readdirp'),
     safe = require('safetydance'),
     shell = require('../shell.js');
 
-async function getProviderStatus(apiConfig) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
-
-    // Check filesystem is mounted so we don't write into the actual folder on disk
-    if (!mounts.isManagedProvider(apiConfig.provider) && apiConfig.provider !== 'mountpoint') return await mounts.getStatus(apiConfig.provider, apiConfig.backupFolder);
-
-    const hostPath = mounts.isManagedProvider(apiConfig.provider) ? paths.MANAGED_BACKUP_MOUNT_DIR : apiConfig.mountPoint;
-    return await mounts.getStatus(apiConfig.provider, hostPath); // { state, message }
-}
-
 // the du call in the function below requires root
 async function getAvailableSize(apiConfig) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
diff --git a/src/storage/gcs.js b/src/storage/gcs.js
index 2bb405e6b..0f2dd157b 100644
--- a/src/storage/gcs.js
+++ b/src/storage/gcs.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports = module.exports = {
-    getProviderStatus,
     getAvailableSize,
 
     upload,
@@ -61,12 +60,6 @@ function getBucket(apiConfig) {
     return new GCS(gcsConfig).bucket(apiConfig.bucket);
 }
 
-async function getProviderStatus(apiConfig) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
-
-    return { state: 'active' };
-}
-
 async function getAvailableSize(apiConfig) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
 
diff --git a/src/storage/interface.js b/src/storage/interface.js
index af5f7963a..884321052 100644
--- a/src/storage/interface.js
+++ b/src/storage/interface.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 //     for the other API calls we leave it to the backend to retry. this allows
 //     them to tune the concurrency based on failures/rate limits accordingly
 exports = module.exports = {
-    getProviderStatus,
     getAvailableSize,
 
     upload,
@@ -44,12 +43,6 @@ function injectPrivateFields(newConfig, currentConfig) {
     // in-place injection of tokens and api keys which came in with constants.SECRET_PLACEHOLDER
 }
 
-async function getProviderStatus(apiConfig) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
-
-    return { state: 'active' };
-}
-
 async function getAvailableSize(apiConfig) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
 
diff --git a/src/storage/noop.js b/src/storage/noop.js
index 4d83b23c3..9244465f5 100644
--- a/src/storage/noop.js
+++ b/src/storage/noop.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports = module.exports = {
-    getProviderStatus,
     getAvailableSize,
 
     upload,
@@ -24,12 +23,6 @@ const assert = require('assert'),
     debug = require('debug')('box:storage/noop'),
     fs = require('fs');
 
-async function getProviderStatus(apiConfig) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
-
-    return { state: 'active' };
-}
-
 async function getAvailableSize(apiConfig) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
 
diff --git a/src/storage/s3.js b/src/storage/s3.js
index de13259c3..5b3798274 100644
--- a/src/storage/s3.js
+++ b/src/storage/s3.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports = module.exports = {
-    getProviderStatus,
     getAvailableSize,
 
     upload,
@@ -92,12 +91,6 @@ function getS3Config(apiConfig) {
     return credentials;
 }
 
-async function getProviderStatus(apiConfig) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
-
-    return { state: 'active' };
-}
-
 async function getAvailableSize(apiConfig) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');