diff --git a/ci/test/02_run_container.sh b/ci/test/02_run_container.sh
index 9616018e31e..33e250c3e53 100755
--- a/ci/test/02_run_container.sh
+++ b/ci/test/02_run_container.sh
@@ -153,13 +153,9 @@ CI_EXEC () {
 export -f CI_EXEC
 
 # Normalize all folders to BASE_ROOT_DIR
-CI_EXEC rsync --archive --stats --human-readable "${BASE_READ_ONLY_DIR}/" "${BASE_ROOT_DIR}" || echo "Nothing to copy from ${BASE_READ_ONLY_DIR}/"
+CI_EXEC rsync --recursive --perms --stats --human-readable "${BASE_READ_ONLY_DIR}/" "${BASE_ROOT_DIR}" || echo "Nothing to copy from ${BASE_READ_ONLY_DIR}/"
 CI_EXEC "${BASE_ROOT_DIR}/ci/test/01_base_install.sh"
 
-# Fixes permission issues when there is a container UID/GID mismatch with the owner
-# of the git source code directory.
-CI_EXEC git config --global --add safe.directory \"*\"
-
 CI_EXEC mkdir -p "${BINS_SCRATCH_DIR}"
 
 CI_EXEC "${BASE_ROOT_DIR}/ci/test/03_test_script.sh"