diff --git a/src/dotnet/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/src/dotnet/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 00bafa555..1f8a6f182 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/dotnet/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -2,25 +2,6 @@ ARG VARIANT=8.0-bookworm-slim
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:${VARIANT}
 ENV PATH $PATH:/home/vscode/.dotnet:/home/vscode/.dotnet/tools
 
-ARG VARIANT
-ENV VARIANT=${VARIANT}
-
-RUN if [ "${VARIANT#*noble}" != "$VARIANT" ]; then \
-        echo "Variant contains noble"; \
-        # Check if ubuntu user exists and delete it if it does
-        if id "ubuntu" &>/dev/null; then \
-            echo "Deleting user ubuntu" && userdel -f -r ubuntu || echo "Failed to delete ubuntu user"; \
-            echo "Deleting group associated with ubuntu" && groupdel ubuntu || echo "Failed to delete group associated with ubuntu user"; \
-            #check if group 1000 and user 1000 is deleted
-            echo "Checking user at 1000 uid" && getent passwd 1000 || echo "Failed to find user at uid 1000;" \
-            echo "Checking group at 1000 gid" &&  getent group 1000 || echo "Failed to find group at gid 1000"; \
-        else \
-            echo "User ubuntu does not exist"; \
-        fi; \
-    else \
-        echo "Variant does not contain noble"; \
-    fi
-
 # clear this environment variable so xml docs from NuGet packages are unpackaged. The default dotnet/sdk image sets it to 'skip'.
 # see https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/issues/2790
 ENV NUGET_XMLDOC_MODE=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/dotnet/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/src/dotnet/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 4653ec348..141b6263e 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/src/dotnet/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/common-utils:2": {
             "installZsh": "true",
             "username": "vscode",
-			"userUid": "1000",
-			"userGid": "1000",
             "upgradePackages": "true"
         },
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {
diff --git a/src/dotnet/test-project/test.sh b/src/dotnet/test-project/test.sh
index e577eb748..d1d9b89da 100755
--- a/src/dotnet/test-project/test.sh
+++ b/src/dotnet/test-project/test.sh
@@ -29,18 +29,5 @@ check "usr-local-etc-config-does-not-exist" test ! -f "/usr/local/etc/gitconfig"
 
 checkPackageVersion "pwsh" "7.4.4" "PowerShell"
 
-os_release=$(cat /etc/os-release)
-# Check if the output contains "NAME=Ubuntu" and "VERSION=24.04"
-if echo "$os_release" | grep -q "NAME=\"Ubuntu\"" && echo "$os_release" | grep -q "VERSION=\"24.04"; then
-    check "Find ubuntu User" bash -c "grep 'ubuntu' /etc/passwd || echo 'ubuntu user not found.'" 
-    check "Find ubuntu Group" bash -c "grep 'ubuntu' /etc/group || echo 'ubuntu group not found.'" 
-    check "Find vscode User" bash -c "grep 'vscode' /etc/passwd || echo 'vscode user not found.'" 
-    check "Find vscode Group" bash -c "grep 'vscode' /etc/group || echo 'vscode group not found.'" 
-
-    check "log file contents" bash -c "cat /tmp/logfile.txt"
-    check "all users" bash -c "cat /etc/passwd"
-    check "uid" bash -c "id -u vscode | grep 1000"
-fi
-
 # Report result
 reportResults