diff --git a/web/install_website.yml b/web/install_website.yml
index 8538d4515f456256ca2f00e16ffb0f0cbd1a02c0..d4b48638084e038b9ea66e0034ff076388fc7e4f 100644
--- a/web/install_website.yml
+++ b/web/install_website.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # Defining the remote server where the package will be deployed
 - name: "Setup api.freifunk.lu + freifunk.lu"
   hosts: website-web
-  remote_user: root
   vars:
     domain_name: 'freifunk.lu'
     all_domain_names: "-d freifunk.lu -d www.freifunk.lu -d api.freifunk.lu"