diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b137a4f79e0ad0f0903939989dd5d5b5455bed63..cb2e2f19aae9b5258e70f8e48936b6b58a8dd5ce 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and administrators.
  -- Make logging prefix for slurmstepd to happen as soon as possible.
  -- mpi/pmix: Fix the job registration for the PMIx v2.1.
  -- Fix uid check for signaling a step with anything but SIGKILL.
- -- Fix uid check when requesting a jobid from a pid.
  -- Return ESLURM_TRANSITION_STATE_NO_UPDATE instead of EAGAIN when trying to
     signal a step that is still running a prolog.
  -- Update Cray slurm_playbook.yaml with latest recommended version.
diff --git a/src/slurmd/slurmd/req.c b/src/slurmd/slurmd/req.c
index 7c838fa42c99e2dde4009302cdac5e346a767cdb..9d340503649e00dd4ba4235dfcac3251ddacfa2f 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/slurmd/req.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/slurmd/req.c
@@ -3861,15 +3861,9 @@ static void  _rpc_pid2jid(slurm_msg_t *msg)
 	slurm_msg_t           resp_msg;
 	job_id_response_msg_t resp;
 	bool         found = false;
-	bool         auth = false;
 	List         steps;
 	ListIterator i;
 	step_loc_t *stepd;
-	uid_t req_uid;
-
-	req_uid = g_slurm_auth_get_uid(msg->auth_cred, conf->auth_info);
-	if (_slurm_authorized_user(req_uid))
-		auth = true;
 
 	steps = stepd_available(conf->spooldir, conf->node_name);
 	i = list_iterator_create(steps);
@@ -3880,13 +3874,7 @@ static void  _rpc_pid2jid(slurm_msg_t *msg)
 				   &stepd->protocol_version);
 		if (fd == -1)
 			continue;
-		if (!auth &&
-		    (stepd_get_uid(fd, stepd->protocol_version) != req_uid)) {
-			close(fd);
-			debug3("%s: REQUEST_JOB_ID from uid=%d but they aren't the owner of job %u",
-			       __func__, req_uid, stepd->jobid);
-			continue;
-		}
+
 		if (stepd_pid_in_container(
 			    fd, stepd->protocol_version,
 			    req->job_pid)