How to remove the /home directory on RHEL 7.3

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Removing the /home directory fails with Device or resource busy error even though /home is not a mount point:

    # rmdir /home
    rmdir: failed to remove ‘/home’: Device or resource busy
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.3

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