diff --git a/flagd/Dockerfile b/flagd/Dockerfile
index ec677b1..bdfab1f 100644
--- a/flagd/Dockerfile
+++ b/flagd/Dockerfile
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ COPY --from=certs custom-root-cert.crt /ssl/
 
 RUN mkdir "flags"
 
-# run as non-root
-RUN adduser -D -H -u 10001 testbed \
-    && chown -R testbed:testbed /flags /rawflags /configs /ssl
-USER testbed
-
-
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/open-feature/flagd-testbed"
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["./launchpad"]