diff --git a/arch/sandbox/board/dev-random.c b/arch/sandbox/board/dev-random.c
index f65e5ef..60295e9 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/board/dev-random.c
+++ b/arch/sandbox/board/dev-random.c
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 devrandom_t *devrandom_init(void) {
 	devrandom_t *fds = xzalloc(sizeof(*fds));
 
-	fds->randomfd = linux_open("/dev/random", false);
-	if (fds->randomfd < 0)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
-
 	fds->urandomfd = linux_open("/dev/urandom", false);
 	if (fds->urandomfd < 0)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
@@ -17,8 +13,7 @@
 
 int devrandom_read(devrandom_t *devrandom, void *buf, size_t len, int wait)
 {
-	if (wait)
-		return linux_read(devrandom->randomfd, buf, len);
+	(void)wait; /* /dev/urandom won't block */
 
 	return linux_read(devrandom->urandomfd, buf, len);
 }
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/mach-sandbox/include/mach/linux.h b/arch/sandbox/mach-sandbox/include/mach/linux.h
index 1e64d41..9759a37 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/mach-sandbox/include/mach/linux.h
+++ b/arch/sandbox/mach-sandbox/include/mach/linux.h
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 void barebox_libftdi1_close(void);
 
 typedef struct {
-	int randomfd;
 	int urandomfd;
 } devrandom_t;
 devrandom_t *devrandom_init(void);
diff --git a/drivers/hw_random/Kconfig b/drivers/hw_random/Kconfig
index c579282..242a7ef 100644
--- a/drivers/hw_random/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/hw_random/Kconfig
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 	  Generator hardware found on some Freescale i.MX processors.
 
 config HWRNG_DEV_RANDOM
-	tristate "Linux /dev/random and /dev/urandom RNG"
+	tristate "Linux /dev/urandom RNG"
 	depends on SANDBOX
 	default y
 	help
-	  This driver allows use of the host provided /dev/random
-	  and /dev/urandom as barebox HWRNGs.
+	  This driver allows use of the host provided /dev/urandom
+	  as barebox HWRNGs.
 
 endif