diff --git a/common/flatpak-run.c b/common/flatpak-run.c
index 2405c1f62..045dbe4f5 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-run.c
+++ b/common/flatpak-run.c
@@ -3910,7 +3910,6 @@ flatpak_run_setup_base_argv (GPtrArray      *argv_array,
 
   add_args (argv_array,
             "--unshare-pid",
-            "--unshare-user-try",
             "--proc", "/proc",
             "--dir", "/tmp",
             "--dir", "/var/tmp",