diff --git a/arch-chroot.in b/arch-chroot.in
index bcb38df..3bf6523 100644
--- a/arch-chroot.in
+++ b/arch-chroot.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ shopt -s extglob
 m4_include(common)
 
 setup=chroot_setup
-unshare="$root_unshare"
+unshare=0
 
 usage() {
   cat <<EOF
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ while getopts ':hNu:' flag; do
       ;;
     N)
       setup=unshare_setup
-      unshare="$user_unshare"
+      unshare=1
       ;;
     u)
       userspec=$OPTARG
@@ -116,8 +116,12 @@ arch-chroot() {
   chroot_args=()
   [[ $userspec ]] && chroot_args+=(--userspec "$userspec")
 
-  SHELL=/bin/bash chroot "${chroot_args[@]}" -- "$chrootdir" "${args[@]}"
+  SHELL=/bin/bash $pid_unshare chroot "${chroot_args[@]}" -- "$chrootdir" "${args[@]}"
 }
 
 args=("$@")
-$unshare bash -c "$(declare_all); arch-chroot"
+if (( unshare )); then
+  $mount_unshare bash -c "$(declare_all); arch-chroot"
+else
+  arch-chroot
+fi
diff --git a/common b/common
index bc2a334..d2520e0 100644
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ unshare_teardown() {
   unset CHROOT_ACTIVE_FILES
 }
 
-root_unshare="unshare --fork --pid"
-user_unshare="$root_unshare --mount --map-auto --map-root-user --setuid 0 --setgid 0"
+pid_unshare="unshare --fork --pid"
+mount_unshare="$pid_unshare --mount --map-auto --map-root-user --setuid 0 --setgid 0"
 
 # This outputs code for declaring all variables to stdout. For example, if
 # FOO=BAR, then running
diff --git a/pacstrap.in b/pacstrap.in
index 9ffe17c..b1cfb09 100644
--- a/pacstrap.in
+++ b/pacstrap.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ copykeyring=1
 copymirrorlist=1
 pacmode=-Sy
 setup=chroot_setup
-unshare="$root_unshare"
+unshare=0
 
 usage() {
   cat <<EOF
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ while getopts ':C:cdGiMNU' flag; do
       ;;
     N)
       setup=unshare_setup
-      unshare="$user_unshare"
+      unshare=1
       ;;
     U)
       pacmode=-U
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ pacstrap() {
   fi
 
   msg 'Installing packages to %s' "$newroot"
-  if ! pacman -r "$newroot" $pacmode "${pacman_args[@]}"; then
+  if ! $pid_unshare pacman -r "$newroot" $pacmode "${pacman_args[@]}"; then
     die 'Failed to install packages to new root'
   fi
 
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ pacstrap() {
   fi
 }
 
-$unshare bash -c "$(declare_all); pacstrap"
+if (( unshare )); then
+  $mount_unshare bash -c "$(declare_all); pacstrap"
+else
+  pacstrap
+fi
 
 # vim: et ts=2 sw=2 ft=sh: