1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/chown.c b/coreutils/chown.c
index eaa1ee2a3..247aa3bf1 100644
--- a/coreutils/chown.c
+++ b/coreutils/chown.c
@@ -112,10 +112,6 @@ int chown_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         int opt, flags;
         struct param_t param;
 
-        /* Just -1 might not work: uid_t may be unsigned long */
-        param.ugid.uid = -1L;
-        param.ugid.gid = -1L;
-
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_CHOWN_LONG_OPTIONS
         applet_long_options = chown_longopts;
 #endif