diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 5e0992cc3bd..33db07fe687 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Alec DiAstra <alecdiastra@gmail.com>
 Rich Elmes <richie@juic3.com>
 The Emu (J Riley Hill)
 EvilDragon 
-Brian Ginsburg
 Nathan Kopp <nk.sg@nathankopp.com>
 Jacky Ligon
 Erik-Jan Maalderink <fonkle@gmx.com>
diff --git a/installer_linux/make_deb.sh b/installer_linux/make_deb.sh
index f013aad6659..356033b61ea 100755
--- a/installer_linux/make_deb.sh
+++ b/installer_linux/make_deb.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ cp -r ../target/lv2/Release/Surge.lv2 ${PACKAGE_NAME}/usr/lib/lv2/
 #build package
 
 mkdir -p product
-dpkg-deb --root-owner-group --build ${PACKAGE_NAME} product/${PACKAGE_NAME}-linux-x64-${VERSION}.deb
+dpkg-deb --build ${PACKAGE_NAME} product/${PACKAGE_NAME}-linux-x64-${VERSION}.deb
 rm -rf ${PACKAGE_NAME}
 
 echo "Built DEB Package"