diff --git a/pkg/rootless/rootless_linux.c b/pkg/rootless/rootless_linux.c
index 2e1fddc48..ac8a559d5 100644
--- a/pkg/rootless/rootless_linux.c
+++ b/pkg/rootless/rootless_linux.c
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ reexec_in_user_namespace (int ready, char *pause_pid_file_path, char *file_to_re
   sprintf (uid, "%d", geteuid ());
   sprintf (gid, "%d", getegid ());
 
-  pid = syscall_clone (CLONE_NEWUSER|CLONE_NEWNS|SIGCHLD, NULL);
+  pid = syscall_clone (/*CLONE_NEWUSER|CLONE_NEWNS|*/SIGCHLD, NULL);
   if (pid < 0)
     {
       fprintf (stderr, "cannot clone: %s\n", strerror (errno));