diff --git a/libcxx/utils/docker/debian9/buildbot/Dockerfile b/libcxx/utils/docker/debian9/buildbot/Dockerfile
index b16e32df386f9..ea2ac9d55933e 100644
--- a/libcxx/utils/docker/debian9/buildbot/Dockerfile
+++ b/libcxx/utils/docker/debian9/buildbot/Dockerfile
@@ -36,7 +36,5 @@ RUN ln -s /opt/llvm-tot/bin/clang /usr/local/bin/clang
 RUN ln -s /opt/llvm-tot/bin/clang++ /usr/local/bin/clang++
 
 
-USER buildbot
-
 ADD run_buildbot.sh /
 CMD /run_buildbot.sh /run/secrets/buildbot-auth