diff --git a/icinga-build-docker b/icinga-build-docker
index addffedabda76e29b3f253f2e727c57e64795821..883297465491ff9f9dc5f31160a35afbe184141e 100755
--- a/icinga-build-docker
+++ b/icinga-build-docker
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ docker run -i --rm "${dockeropt[@]}" \
   --env-file "${env_file}" \
   -v "$(pwd)":/tmp/build \
   --workdir /tmp/build \
-  --user "$(id -u)" \
   "${DOCKER_IMAGE}" \
   "$@"