diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_core.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_core.c
index 8e3f9b391e44..e9bee164bb70 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_core.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_core.c
@@ -794,10 +794,9 @@ static int lesser_ns_open_thread_fn(void *arg)
 static int test_cgcore_lesser_ns_open(const char *root)
 {
 	static char stack[65536];
-	const uid_t test_euid = 65534;	/* usually nobody, any !root is fine */
 	int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
 	char *cg_test_a = NULL, *cg_test_b = NULL;
-	char *cg_test_a_procs = NULL, *cg_test_b_procs = NULL;
+	char *cg_test_b_procs = NULL;
 	int cg_test_b_procs_fd = -1;
 	struct lesser_ns_open_thread_arg targ = { .fd = -1 };
 	pid_t pid;
@@ -812,10 +811,9 @@ static int test_cgcore_lesser_ns_open(const char *root)
 	if (!cg_test_a || !cg_test_b)
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	cg_test_a_procs = cg_name(cg_test_a, "cgroup.procs");
 	cg_test_b_procs = cg_name(cg_test_b, "cgroup.procs");
 
-	if (!cg_test_a_procs || !cg_test_b_procs)
+	if (!cg_test_b_procs)
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	if (cg_create(cg_test_a) || cg_create(cg_test_b))
@@ -824,10 +822,6 @@ static int test_cgcore_lesser_ns_open(const char *root)
 	if (cg_enter_current(cg_test_b))
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	if (chown(cg_test_a_procs, test_euid, -1) ||
-	    chown(cg_test_b_procs, test_euid, -1))
-		goto cleanup;
-
 	targ.path = cg_test_b_procs;
 	pid = clone(lesser_ns_open_thread_fn, stack + sizeof(stack),
 		    CLONE_NEWCGROUP | CLONE_FILES | CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD,
@@ -862,7 +856,6 @@ static int test_cgcore_lesser_ns_open(const char *root)
 	if (cg_test_a)
 		cg_destroy(cg_test_a);
 	free(cg_test_b_procs);
-	free(cg_test_a_procs);
 	free(cg_test_b);
 	free(cg_test_a);
 	return ret;