diff --git a/pygitweb/projects.py b/pygitweb/projects.py
index ee54aff..c5bc7d4 100644
--- a/pygitweb/projects.py
+++ b/pygitweb/projects.py
@@ -157,13 +157,7 @@ def git_get_project_owner(
         val = get_project_config(project, "owner")
         if val:
             return val[0] if isinstance(val, list) else val
-    git_dir = os.path.join(projectroot, project)
-    try:
-        stat = os.stat(git_dir)
-        import pwd
-        return pwd.getpwuid(stat.st_uid).pw_gecos or pwd.getpwuid(stat.st_uid).pw_name
-    except (OSError, KeyError):
-        return None
+    return None
 
 
 def git_get_last_activity(project: str, projectroot: str = PROJECTROOT) -> int | None: