diff --git a/libpod/container_internal.go b/libpod/container_internal.go
index d1eeb7f851..29a32a1c3c 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal.go
@@ -544,16 +544,6 @@ func (c *Container) setupStorage(ctx context.Context) error {
 	c.config.StaticDir = containerInfo.Dir
 	c.state.RunDir = containerInfo.RunDir
 
-	if len(c.config.IDMappings.UIDMap) != 0 || len(c.config.IDMappings.GIDMap) != 0 {
-		if err := idtools.SafeChown(containerInfo.RunDir, c.RootUID(), c.RootGID()); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if err := idtools.SafeChown(containerInfo.Dir, c.RootUID(), c.RootGID()); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Set the default Entrypoint and Command
 	if containerInfo.Config != nil {
 		// Set CMD in the container to the default configuration only if ENTRYPOINT is not set by the user.
diff --git a/libpod/container_internal_common.go b/libpod/container_internal_common.go
index 65afbf0274..216074e130 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal_common.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal_common.go
@@ -1834,10 +1834,6 @@ func (c *Container) mountIntoRootDirs(mountName string, mountPath string) error
 
 // Make standard bind mounts to include in the container
 func (c *Container) makeBindMounts() error {
-	if err := idtools.SafeChown(c.state.RunDir, c.RootUID(), c.RootGID()); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot chown run directory: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	if c.state.BindMounts == nil {
 		c.state.BindMounts = make(map[string]string)
 	}
diff --git a/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go b/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
index d72f7eb14c..ff0e790860 100644
--- a/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
+++ b/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
@@ -183,11 +183,6 @@ func hasCurrentUserMapped(ctr *Container) bool {
 
 // CreateContainer creates a container.
 func (r *ConmonOCIRuntime) CreateContainer(ctr *Container, restoreOptions *ContainerCheckpointOptions) (int64, error) {
-	// always make the container directory accessible to the current user so that the PID files can be read without
-	// being in the rootless user namespace.
-	if err := makeAccessible(ctr.state.RunDir, 0, 0); err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
 	if !hasCurrentUserMapped(ctr) {
 		if err := makeAccessible(ctr.state.Mountpoint, ctr.RootUID(), ctr.RootGID()); err != nil {
 			return 0, err