diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
index a9feb90fd0..784330e0e4 100644
--- a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
@@ -2596,7 +2596,6 @@ static void setup_capabilities(char *modcaps_in)
     if (capng_updatev(CAPNG_ADD, CAPNG_PERMITTED | CAPNG_EFFECTIVE,
             CAP_CHOWN,
             CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,
-            CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH,
             CAP_FOWNER,
             CAP_FSETID,
             CAP_SETGID,