diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js
index 63a1803c0a8b30..e24374602bfc3f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ const fsPromises = require('fs/promises');
 const {
   access,
   chmod,
-  chown,
   copyFile,
   fchmod,
-  fchown,
   fdatasync,
   fstat,
   fsync,
@@ -29,8 +27,6 @@ const {
   realpath,
   rename,
   rmdir,
-  lchmod,
-  lchown,
   stat,
   symlink,
   write,
@@ -99,21 +95,6 @@ function verifyStatObject(stat) {
 
     await chmod(dest, 0o666);
     await fchmod(handle, 0o666);
-    // lchmod is only available on OSX
-    if (common.isOSX) {
-      await lchmod(dest, 0o666);
-    }
-
-    if (!common.isWindows) {
-      const gid = process.getgid();
-      const uid = process.getuid();
-      await chown(dest, uid, gid);
-      await fchown(handle, uid, gid);
-      // lchown is only available on OSX
-      if (common.isOSX) {
-        await lchown(dest, uid, gid);
-      }
-    }
 
     await utimes(dest, new Date(), new Date());