diff --git a/mkosi.presets/00-base/mkosi.prepare b/mkosi.presets/00-base/mkosi.prepare
index 269ba3e153..c056d4fc59 100755
--- a/mkosi.presets/00-base/mkosi.prepare
+++ b/mkosi.presets/00-base/mkosi.prepare
@@ -9,10 +9,4 @@ if [ "$1" = "build" ]; then
         alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.9 1
         alternatives --set python3 /usr/bin/python3.9
     fi
-
-    # Make sure the necessary test users are available in the build image. We do this here because the build
-    # script does not run as root.
-    for id in 1 2 3; do
-        getent group $id >/dev/null || echo "g testgroup$id $id -" | systemd-sysusers -
-    done
 fi