diff --git a/dev-tools/packaging/templates/docker/docker-entrypoint.elastic-agent.tmpl b/dev-tools/packaging/templates/docker/docker-entrypoint.elastic-agent.tmpl
index 11d3f478579..864270dc1fe 100644
--- a/dev-tools/packaging/templates/docker/docker-entrypoint.elastic-agent.tmpl
+++ b/dev-tools/packaging/templates/docker/docker-entrypoint.elastic-agent.tmpl
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 set -eo pipefail
 
-# Update umask to retain group write permissions on runtime directories: $root/tmp/default, $root/logs/default and $root/run/default
-umask 0007
-
 # For information on the possible environment variables that can be passed into the container. Run the following
 # command for information on the options that are available.
 #