diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1c28c62..7f28d0b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,8 +14,3 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get upgrade -qq --yes --no-install-recommends \
     jq \
     && apt-get -qq --yes autoremove --purge \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# Drop back to the base image's default user
-ARG HERMES_UID=10000
-ARG HERMES_GID=10000
-USER ${HERMES_UID}:${HERMES_GID}