diff --git a/Dockerfile.in b/Dockerfile.in
index 9528f9d1a..073103ccb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.in
+++ b/Dockerfile.in
@@ -42,6 +42,5 @@ ENV LANG   en_US.utf8
 COPY --from=0 /restic /bin/restic
 COPY bin/{ARG_OS}_{ARG_ARCH}/{ARG_BIN} /{ARG_BIN}
 
-USER nobody:nobody
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/{ARG_BIN}"]