diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 1ccc8ec..6e98b87 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@
 		1313
 	],
 	"postStartCommand": "hugo server",
-	// see: https://github.com/cachix/devenv/issues/935
-	"runArgs": [
-		"--userns=keep-id:uid=1000,gid=1000"
-	],
-	"containerUser": "vscode",
-	"updateRemoteUserUID": true,
-	"containerEnv": {
-		"HOME": "/home/vscode"
-	}
+	// non-root user (e.g. for rootless podman)
+	"containerUser": "vscode"
 }