diff --git a/agent/agentcontainers/api.go b/agent/agentcontainers/api.go
index 301553c651048..56c5df6710297 100644
--- a/agent/agentcontainers/api.go
+++ b/agent/agentcontainers/api.go
@@ -1062,20 +1062,23 @@ func (api *API) injectSubAgentIntoContainerLocked(ctx context.Context, dc coders
 
 	logger.Info(ctx, "copied agent binary to container")
 
-	// Make sure the agent binary is executable so we can run it.
+	// Make sure the agent binary is executable so we can run it (the
+	// user doesn't matter since we're making it executable for all).
 	if _, err := api.ccli.ExecAs(ctx, container.ID, "root", "chmod", "0755", path.Dir(coderPathInsideContainer), coderPathInsideContainer); err != nil {
 		return xerrors.Errorf("set agent binary executable: %w", err)
 	}
-	// Set the owner of the agent binary to root:root (UID 0, GID 0).
-	if _, err := api.ccli.ExecAs(ctx, container.ID, "root", "chown", "0:0", path.Dir(coderPathInsideContainer), coderPathInsideContainer); err != nil {
-		return xerrors.Errorf("set agent binary owner: %w", err)
-	}
 
 	// Attempt to add CAP_NET_ADMIN to the binary to improve network
 	// performance (optional, allow to fail). See `bootstrap_linux.sh`.
-	if _, err := api.ccli.ExecAs(ctx, container.ID, "root", "setcap", "cap_net_admin+ep", coderPathInsideContainer); err != nil {
-		logger.Warn(ctx, "set CAP_NET_ADMIN on agent binary failed", slog.Error(err))
-	}
+	// TODO(mafredri): Disable for now until we can figure out why this
+	// causes the following error on some images:
+	//
+	//	Image: mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu
+	// 	Error: /.coder-agent/coder: Operation not permitted
+	//
+	// if _, err := api.ccli.ExecAs(ctx, container.ID, "root", "setcap", "cap_net_admin+ep", coderPathInsideContainer); err != nil {
+	// 	logger.Warn(ctx, "set CAP_NET_ADMIN on agent binary failed", slog.Error(err))
+	// }
 
 	// Detect workspace folder by executing `pwd` in the container.
 	// NOTE(mafredri): This is a quick and dirty way to detect the
diff --git a/agent/agentcontainers/api_test.go b/agent/agentcontainers/api_test.go
index 59b0461c7948a..91cebcf2e5d25 100644
--- a/agent/agentcontainers/api_test.go
+++ b/agent/agentcontainers/api_test.go
@@ -1276,8 +1276,6 @@ func TestAPI(t *testing.T) {
 			mCCLI.EXPECT().ExecAs(gomock.Any(), "test-container-id", "root", "mkdir", "-p", "/.coder-agent").Return(nil, nil),
 			mCCLI.EXPECT().Copy(gomock.Any(), "test-container-id", coderBin, "/.coder-agent/coder").Return(nil),
 			mCCLI.EXPECT().ExecAs(gomock.Any(), "test-container-id", "root", "chmod", "0755", "/.coder-agent", "/.coder-agent/coder").Return(nil, nil),
-			mCCLI.EXPECT().ExecAs(gomock.Any(), "test-container-id", "root", "chown", "0:0", "/.coder-agent", "/.coder-agent/coder").Return(nil, nil),
-			mCCLI.EXPECT().ExecAs(gomock.Any(), "test-container-id", "root", "setcap", "cap_net_admin+ep", "/.coder-agent/coder").Return(nil, nil),
 		)
 
 		mClock.Set(time.Now()).MustWait(ctx)
@@ -1333,8 +1331,6 @@ func TestAPI(t *testing.T) {
 			mCCLI.EXPECT().ExecAs(gomock.Any(), "test-container-id", "root", "mkdir", "-p", "/.coder-agent").Return(nil, nil),
 			mCCLI.EXPECT().Copy(gomock.Any(), "test-container-id", coderBin, "/.coder-agent/coder").Return(nil),
 			mCCLI.EXPECT().ExecAs(gomock.Any(), "test-container-id", "root", "chmod", "0755", "/.coder-agent", "/.coder-agent/coder").Return(nil, nil),
-			mCCLI.EXPECT().ExecAs(gomock.Any(), "test-container-id", "root", "chown", "0:0", "/.coder-agent", "/.coder-agent/coder").Return(nil, nil),
-			mCCLI.EXPECT().ExecAs(gomock.Any(), "test-container-id", "root", "setcap", "cap_net_admin+ep", "/.coder-agent/coder").Return(nil, nil),
 		)
 
 		// Terminate the agent and verify it is deleted.