diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5729cf397f..40dc62d2b7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@ LABEL maintainer="Justin Collins <gem@brakeman.org>"
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
-# Create user named app with uid=9000, give it ownership of /usr/src/app
-RUN adduser -u 9000 -D app && \
-    chown -R app:app /usr/src/app
-USER app
-
 # Copy our Gemfile (and related files) *without* copying our actual source code yet
 COPY Gemfile* *.gemspec gem_common.rb ./
 # Copy lib/brakeman/version.rb so that bundle install works