diff --git a/src/vfs/idmapped-mounts.c b/src/vfs/idmapped-mounts.c
index d3763c2d..63297d5f 100644
--- a/src/vfs/idmapped-mounts.c
+++ b/src/vfs/idmapped-mounts.c
@@ -6438,246 +6438,6 @@ out:
 	return fret;
 }
 
-#define PTR_TO_INT(p) ((int)((intptr_t)(p)))
-#define INT_TO_PTR(u) ((void *)((intptr_t)(u)))
-
-struct threaded_args {
-	const struct vfstest_info *info;
-	int open_tree_fd;
-};
-
-static void *idmapped_mount_create_cb(void *data)
-{
-	int fret = EXIT_FAILURE;
-	struct mount_attr attr = {
-		.attr_set = MOUNT_ATTR_IDMAP,
-	};
-	struct threaded_args *args = data;
-
-	/* Changing mount properties on a detached mount. */
-	attr.userns_fd	= get_userns_fd(0, 10000, 10000);
-	if (attr.userns_fd < 0) {
-		log_stderr("failure: get_userns_fd");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (sys_mount_setattr(args->open_tree_fd, "", AT_EMPTY_PATH, &attr, sizeof(attr))) {
-		log_stderr("failure: sys_mount_setattr");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	fret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
-
-out:
-	safe_close(attr.userns_fd);
-	pthread_exit(INT_TO_PTR(fret));
-}
-
-/* This tries to verify that we never see an inconistent ownership on-disk and
- * can't write invalid ids to disk. To do this we create a race between
- * idmapping a mount and creating files on it.
- * Note, while it is perfectly fine to see overflowuid and overflowgid as owner
- * if we create files through the open_tree_fd before the mount is idmapped but
- * look at the files after the mount has been idmapped in this test it can never
- * be the case that we see overflowuid and overflowgid when we access the file
- * through a non-idmapped mount (in the initial user namespace).
- */
-static void *idmapped_mount_operations_cb(void *data)
-{
-	int file1_fd = -EBADF, file2_fd = -EBADF, dir1_fd = -EBADF,
-	    dir1_fd2 = -EBADF, fret = EXIT_FAILURE;
-	struct threaded_args *args = data;
-	const struct vfstest_info *info = args->info;
-
-	if (!switch_fsids(10000, 10000)) {
-		log_stderr("failure: switch fsids");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	file1_fd = openat(args->open_tree_fd, FILE1,
-			  O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_CLOEXEC, 0644);
-	if (file1_fd < 0) {
-		log_stderr("failure: openat");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	file2_fd = openat(args->open_tree_fd, FILE2,
-			  O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_CLOEXEC, 0644);
-	if (file2_fd < 0) {
-		log_stderr("failure: openat");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (mkdirat(args->open_tree_fd, DIR1, 0777)) {
-		log_stderr("failure: mkdirat");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	dir1_fd = openat(args->open_tree_fd, DIR1,
-			 O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY | O_CLOEXEC);
-	if (dir1_fd < 0) {
-		log_stderr("failure: openat");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (!__expected_uid_gid(args->open_tree_fd, FILE1, 0, 0, 0, false) &&
-	    !__expected_uid_gid(args->open_tree_fd, FILE1, 0, 10000, 10000, false) &&
-	    !__expected_uid_gid(args->open_tree_fd, FILE1, 0, info->t_overflowuid, info->t_overflowgid, false)) {
-		log_stderr("failure: expected_uid_gid");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (!__expected_uid_gid(args->open_tree_fd, FILE2, 0, 0, 0, false) &&
-	    !__expected_uid_gid(args->open_tree_fd, FILE2, 0, 10000, 10000, false) &&
-	    !__expected_uid_gid(args->open_tree_fd, FILE2, 0, info->t_overflowuid, info->t_overflowgid, false)) {
-		log_stderr("failure: expected_uid_gid");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (!__expected_uid_gid(args->open_tree_fd, DIR1, 0, 0, 0, false) &&
-	    !__expected_uid_gid(args->open_tree_fd, DIR1, 0, 10000, 10000, false) &&
-	    !__expected_uid_gid(args->open_tree_fd, DIR1, 0, info->t_overflowuid, info->t_overflowgid, false)) {
-		log_stderr("failure: expected_uid_gid");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (!__expected_uid_gid(dir1_fd, "", AT_EMPTY_PATH, 0, 0, false) &&
-	    !__expected_uid_gid(dir1_fd, "", AT_EMPTY_PATH, 10000, 10000, false) &&
-	    !__expected_uid_gid(dir1_fd, "", AT_EMPTY_PATH, info->t_overflowuid, info->t_overflowgid, false)) {
-		log_stderr("failure: expected_uid_gid");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	dir1_fd2 = openat(info->t_dir1_fd, DIR1,
-			 O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY | O_CLOEXEC);
-	if (dir1_fd2 < 0) {
-		log_stderr("failure: openat");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-        if (!__expected_uid_gid(info->t_dir1_fd, FILE1, 0, 0, 0, false) &&
-	    !__expected_uid_gid(info->t_dir1_fd, FILE1, 0, 10000, 10000, false)) {
-		log_stderr("failure: expected_uid_gid");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (!__expected_uid_gid(info->t_dir1_fd, FILE2, 0, 0, 0, false) &&
-	    !__expected_uid_gid(info->t_dir1_fd, FILE2, 0, 10000, 10000, false)) {
-		log_stderr("failure: expected_uid_gid");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (!__expected_uid_gid(info->t_dir1_fd, DIR1, 0, 0, 0, false) &&
-	    !__expected_uid_gid(info->t_dir1_fd, DIR1, 0, 10000, 10000, false)) {
-		log_stderr("failure: expected_uid_gid");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (!__expected_uid_gid(info->t_dir1_fd, DIR1, 0, 0, 0, false) &&
-	    !__expected_uid_gid(info->t_dir1_fd, DIR1, 0, 10000, 10000, false)) {
-		log_stderr("failure: expected_uid_gid");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (!__expected_uid_gid(dir1_fd2, "", AT_EMPTY_PATH, 0, 0, false) &&
-	    !__expected_uid_gid(dir1_fd2, "", AT_EMPTY_PATH, 10000, 10000, false)) {
-		log_stderr("failure: expected_uid_gid");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	fret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
-
-out:
-	safe_close(file1_fd);
-	safe_close(file2_fd);
-	safe_close(dir1_fd);
-	safe_close(dir1_fd2);
-
-	pthread_exit(INT_TO_PTR(fret));
-}
-
-static int threaded_idmapped_mount_interactions(const struct vfstest_info *info)
-{
-	int i;
-	int fret = -1;
-	pid_t pid;
-	pthread_attr_t thread_attr;
-	pthread_t threads[2];
-
-	pthread_attr_init(&thread_attr);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
-		int ret1 = 0, ret2 = 0, tret1 = 0, tret2 = 0;
-
-		pid = fork();
-		if (pid < 0) {
-			log_stderr("failure: fork");
-			goto out;
-		}
-		if (pid == 0) {
-			int open_tree_fd = -EBADF;
-			struct threaded_args args = {
-				.info = info,
-				.open_tree_fd = -EBADF,
-			};
-
-			open_tree_fd = sys_open_tree(info->t_dir1_fd, "",
-						     AT_EMPTY_PATH |
-						     AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT |
-						     AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW |
-						     OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC |
-						     OPEN_TREE_CLONE);
-			if (open_tree_fd < 0)
-				die("failure: sys_open_tree");
-
-			args.open_tree_fd = open_tree_fd;
-
-			if (pthread_create(&threads[0], &thread_attr,
-					   idmapped_mount_create_cb,
-					   &args))
-				die("failure: pthread_create");
-
-			if (pthread_create(&threads[1], &thread_attr,
-					   idmapped_mount_operations_cb,
-					   &args))
-				die("failure: pthread_create");
-
-			ret1 = pthread_join(threads[0], INT_TO_PTR(tret1));
-			ret2 = pthread_join(threads[1], INT_TO_PTR(tret2));
-
-			if (ret1) {
-				errno = ret1;
-				die("failure: pthread_join");
-			}
-
-			if (ret2) {
-				errno = ret2;
-				die("failure: pthread_join");
-			}
-
-			if (tret1 || tret2)
-				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-
-			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-
-		}
-
-		if (wait_for_pid(pid)) {
-			log_stderr("failure: iteration %d", i);
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		rm_r(info->t_dir1_fd, ".");
-
-	}
-
-	fret = 0;
-	log_debug("Ran test");
-
-out:
-	return fret;
-}
-
 static int nested_userns(const struct vfstest_info *info)
 {
 	int fret = -1;
@@ -7941,7 +7701,6 @@ static const struct test_struct t_idmapped_mounts[] = {
 	{ sticky_bit_rename_idmapped_mounts_in_userns,			true,	"sticky bit rename operations on idmapped mounts in user namespace",				},
 	{ symlink_idmapped_mounts,					true,	"symlink from idmapped mounts",									},
 	{ symlink_idmapped_mounts_in_userns,				true,	"symlink from idmapped mounts in user namespace",						},
-	{ threaded_idmapped_mount_interactions,				true,	"threaded operations on idmapped mounts",							},
 };
 
 const struct test_suite s_idmapped_mounts = {
diff --git a/src/vfs/vfstest.c b/src/vfs/vfstest.c
index 67aa3bda..29ac0bec 100644
--- a/src/vfs/vfstest.c
+++ b/src/vfs/vfstest.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
