diff --git a/app/services/fact_importer.rb b/app/services/fact_importer.rb
index 78626f483..a9789a34a 100644
--- a/app/services/fact_importer.rb
+++ b/app/services/fact_importer.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class FactImporter
     @host     = host
     @facts    = normalize(facts)
     @counters = {}
+    @facts.reject!{|k,v| k.to_s.match(/^blockdevice/)}
   end

   # expect a facts hash