diff -ru coreutils-9.1.orig/src/copy.c coreutils-9.1/src/copy.c
--- coreutils-9.1.orig/src/copy.c	2022-04-15 15:53:28.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-9.1/src/copy.c	2023-02-07 21:10:41.696869950 +0100
@@ -859,6 +859,7 @@
         }
     }
 
+#if 0
   if (! chown_failure_ok (x))
     {
       error (0, errno, _("failed to preserve ownership for %s"),
@@ -866,6 +867,7 @@
       if (x->require_preserve)
         return -1;
     }
+#endif
 
   return 0;
 }
@@ -2877,6 +2879,7 @@
       if (x->preserve_security_context)
         restore_default_fscreatecon_or_die ();
 
+#if 0
       if (x->preserve_ownership)
         {
           /* Preserve the owner and group of the just-'copied'
@@ -2900,6 +2903,7 @@
                  preserving owner/group is a potential security problem.  */
             }
         }
+#endif
     }
   else
     {
diff -ru coreutils-9.1.orig/src/cp.c coreutils-9.1/src/cp.c
--- coreutils-9.1.orig/src/cp.c	2023-02-07 21:11:39.720870709 +0100
+++ coreutils-9.1/src/cp.c	2023-02-07 21:06:22.167995788 +0100
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@
             }
         }
 
+#if 0
       if (x->preserve_ownership)
         {
           if (lchownat (dst_dirfd, src_name, p->st.st_uid, p->st.st_gid) != 0)
@@ -318,6 +319,7 @@
               ignore_value (lchownat (dst_dirfd, src_name, -1, p->st.st_gid));
             }
         }
+#endif
 
       if (x->preserve_mode)
         {