diff --git a/libpod/container_internal_common.go b/libpod/container_internal_common.go
index 70f6f741f5..65afbf0274 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal_common.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal_common.go
@@ -1917,15 +1917,6 @@ func (c *Container) makeBindMounts() error {
 					return fmt.Errorf("assigning mounts to container %s: %w", c.ID(), err)
 				}
 			}
-
-			if !hasCurrentUserMapped(c) {
-				if err := makeAccessible(resolvPath, c.RootUID(), c.RootGID()); err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				if err := makeAccessible(hostsPath, c.RootUID(), c.RootGID()); err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-			}
 		} else {
 			if !c.config.UseImageResolvConf {
 				if err := c.createResolvConf(); err != nil {
diff --git a/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go b/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
index 548286af0f..d72f7eb14c 100644
--- a/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
+++ b/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
@@ -183,16 +183,14 @@ func hasCurrentUserMapped(ctr *Container) bool {
 
 // CreateContainer creates a container.
 func (r *ConmonOCIRuntime) CreateContainer(ctr *Container, restoreOptions *ContainerCheckpointOptions) (int64, error) {
-	// always make the run dir accessible to the current user so that the PID files can be read without
+	// 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) {
-		for _, i := range []string{ctr.state.RunDir, ctr.runtime.config.Engine.TmpDir, ctr.config.StaticDir, ctr.state.Mountpoint, ctr.runtime.config.Engine.VolumePath} {
-			if err := makeAccessible(i, ctr.RootUID(), ctr.RootGID()); err != nil {
-				return 0, err
-			}
+		if err := makeAccessible(ctr.state.Mountpoint, ctr.RootUID(), ctr.RootGID()); err != nil {
+			return 0, err
 		}
 
 		// if we are running a non privileged container, be sure to umount some kernel paths so they are not