diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.c
index 3613a179fe..21684aa49b 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.c
@@ -329,17 +329,13 @@ int overlay_mount_parse(CustomMount **l, size_t *n, const char *s, bool read_onl
 
 static int tmpfs_patch_options(
                 const char *options,
-                bool userns,
-                uid_t uid_shift, uid_t uid_range,
-                bool patch_ids,
+                uid_t uid_shift,
                 const char *selinux_apifs_context,
                 char **ret) {
 
         char *buf = NULL;
 
-        if ((userns && uid_shift != 0) || patch_ids) {
-                assert(uid_shift != UID_INVALID);
-
+        if (uid_shift != UID_INVALID) {
                 if (asprintf(&buf, "%s%suid=" UID_FMT ",gid=" UID_FMT,
                              strempty(options), options ? "," : "",
                              uid_shift, uid_shift) < 0)
@@ -497,7 +493,7 @@ static int mkdir_userns_p(const char *prefix, const char *path, mode_t mode, uid
 
 int mount_all(const char *dest,
               MountSettingsMask mount_settings,
-              uid_t uid_shift, uid_t uid_range,
+              uid_t uid_shift,
               const char *selinux_apifs_context) {
 
 #define PROC_INACCESSIBLE(path)                                         \
@@ -646,10 +642,7 @@ int mount_all(const char *dest,
 
                 o = mount_table[k].options;
                 if (streq_ptr(mount_table[k].type, "tmpfs")) {
-                        if (in_userns)
-                                r = tmpfs_patch_options(o, use_userns, 0, uid_range, true, selinux_apifs_context, &options);
-                        else
-                                r = tmpfs_patch_options(o, use_userns, uid_shift, uid_range, false, selinux_apifs_context, &options);
+                        r = tmpfs_patch_options(o, in_userns ? 0 : uid_shift, selinux_apifs_context, &options);
                         if (r < 0)
                                 return log_oom();
                         if (r > 0)
@@ -752,7 +745,7 @@ static int mount_tmpfs(
                         return log_error_errno(r, "Creating mount point for tmpfs %s failed: %m", where);
         }
 
-        r = tmpfs_patch_options(m->options, userns, uid_shift, uid_range, false, selinux_apifs_context, &buf);
+        r = tmpfs_patch_options(m->options, uid_shift == 0 ? UID_INVALID : uid_shift, selinux_apifs_context, &buf);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_oom();
         options = r > 0 ? buf : m->options;
@@ -985,7 +978,7 @@ static int mount_legacy_cgns_supported(
                  * uid/gid as seen from e.g. /proc/1/mountinfo. So we simply
                  * pass uid 0 and not uid_shift to tmpfs_patch_options().
                  */
-                r = tmpfs_patch_options("mode=755", userns, 0, uid_range, true, selinux_apifs_context, &options);
+                r = tmpfs_patch_options("mode=755", 0, selinux_apifs_context, &options);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return log_oom();
 
@@ -1087,7 +1080,7 @@ static int mount_legacy_cgns_unsupported(
         if (r == 0) {
                 _cleanup_free_ char *options = NULL;
 
-                r = tmpfs_patch_options("mode=755", userns, uid_shift, uid_range, false, selinux_apifs_context, &options);
+                r = tmpfs_patch_options("mode=755", uid_shift == 0 ? UID_INVALID : uid_shift, selinux_apifs_context, &options);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return log_oom();
 
@@ -1298,7 +1291,7 @@ int setup_volatile_state(
                 return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create %s: %m", directory);
 
         options = "mode=755";
-        r = tmpfs_patch_options(options, userns, uid_shift, uid_range, false, selinux_apifs_context, &buf);
+        r = tmpfs_patch_options(options, uid_shift == 0 ? UID_INVALID : uid_shift, selinux_apifs_context, &buf);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_oom();
         if (r > 0)
@@ -1331,7 +1324,7 @@ int setup_volatile(
                 return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create temporary directory: %m");
 
         options = "mode=755";
-        r = tmpfs_patch_options(options, userns, uid_shift, uid_range, false, selinux_apifs_context, &buf);
+        r = tmpfs_patch_options(options, uid_shift == 0 ? UID_INVALID : uid_shift, selinux_apifs_context, &buf);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_oom();
         if (r > 0)
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.h b/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.h
index b823282cbd..e948d02c2c 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.h
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int bind_mount_parse(CustomMount **l, size_t *n, const char *s, bool read_only);
 int tmpfs_mount_parse(CustomMount **l, size_t *n, const char *s);
 int overlay_mount_parse(CustomMount **l, size_t *n, const char *s, bool read_only);
 
-int mount_all(const char *dest, MountSettingsMask mount_settings, uid_t uid_shift, uid_t uid_range, const char *selinux_apifs_context);
+int mount_all(const char *dest, MountSettingsMask mount_settings, uid_t uid_shift, const char *selinux_apifs_context);
 int mount_sysfs(const char *dest, MountSettingsMask mount_settings);
 
 int mount_cgroups(const char *dest, CGroupUnified unified_requested, bool userns, uid_t uid_shift, uid_t uid_range, const char *selinux_apifs_context, bool use_cgns);
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index 9ea1c87590..9a2f72bf29 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -2558,7 +2558,6 @@ static int inner_child(
         r = mount_all(NULL,
                       arg_mount_settings | MOUNT_IN_USERNS,
                       arg_uid_shift,
-                      arg_uid_range,
                       arg_selinux_apifs_context);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
@@ -2990,7 +2989,6 @@ static int outer_child(
         r = mount_all(directory,
                       arg_mount_settings,
                       arg_uid_shift,
-                      arg_uid_range,
                       arg_selinux_apifs_context);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;