diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index 3428109da4f..65b9a5071b9 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -1785,15 +1785,13 @@ static int setup_pts(const char *dest) {
 #ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
         if (arg_selinux_apifs_context)
                 (void) asprintf(&options,
-                                "newinstance,ptmxmode=0666,mode=620,uid=" UID_FMT ",gid=" GID_FMT ",context=\"%s\"",
-                                arg_uid_shift,
+                                "newinstance,ptmxmode=0666,mode=620,gid=" GID_FMT ",context=\"%s\"",
                                 arg_uid_shift + TTY_GID,
                                 arg_selinux_apifs_context);
         else
 #endif
                 (void) asprintf(&options,
-                                "newinstance,ptmxmode=0666,mode=620,uid=" UID_FMT ",gid=" GID_FMT,
-                                arg_uid_shift,
+                                "newinstance,ptmxmode=0666,mode=620,gid=" GID_FMT,
                                 arg_uid_shift + TTY_GID);
 
         if (!options)