diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 141891dc..d40c6b85 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 xbps-0.38 (???):
 
+ * xbps-uchroot(8): do not remount / unnecessarily; just mount it as private
+   and nosuid once; this is enough for our use cases.
+
  * xbps-query(8): --show/-S mode now explicitly prints pkg metadata keys
    with the bold ANSI escape code.
 
diff --git a/bin/xbps-uchroot/main.c b/bin/xbps-uchroot/main.c
index 86381a4d..9aa3b54b 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-uchroot/main.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-uchroot/main.c
@@ -206,11 +206,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 		if (!openvz_container()) {
 			/* Make / a private mount */
-			if (mount(NULL, "/", "none", MS_PRIVATE|MS_REC, NULL) == -1)
-				die("mount(/, MS_PRIVATE|MS_REC)");
-			/* Remount / with nosuid just in case */
-			if (mount (NULL, "/", "none", MS_PRIVATE|MS_REMOUNT|MS_NOSUID, NULL) == -1)
-				die("mount(/, MS_PRIVATE|MS_REMOUNT|MS_NOSUID");
+			if (mount(NULL, "/", "none", MS_PRIVATE|MS_REC|MS_NOSUID, NULL) == -1)
+				die("mount(/, MS_PRIVATE|MS_REC|MS_NOSUID)");
 		}
 
 		/* mount /proc */