diff --git a/install-mq.sh b/install-mq.sh
index c61d4e4..c4b2926 100644
--- a/install-mq.sh
+++ b/install-mq.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ $UBUNTU && apt-get autoremove -y
 # Recommended: Create the mqm user ID with a fixed UID and group, so that the file permissions work between different images
 groupadd --system --gid ${mqm_uid} mqm
 useradd --system --uid ${mqm_uid} --gid mqm --groups 0 mqm
-usermod -aG mqm root
 
 # Find directory containing .deb files
 $UBUNTU && DIR_DEB=$(find ${DIR_EXTRACT} -name "*.deb" -printf "%h\n" | sort -u | head -1)
diff --git a/mq-advanced-server-rhel/mq-buildah.sh b/mq-advanced-server-rhel/mq-buildah.sh
index f7c4b40..a00c030 100755
--- a/mq-advanced-server-rhel/mq-buildah.sh
+++ b/mq-advanced-server-rhel/mq-buildah.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ rm -rf ${mnt_mq}/etc/yum.repos.d/*
 
 buildah run --user root $ctr_mq -- groupadd --system --gid ${mqm_gid} mqm
 buildah run --user root $ctr_mq -- useradd --system --uid ${mqm_uid} --gid mqm --groups 0 mqm
-buildah run --user root $ctr_mq -- usermod -aG mqm root
 
 # Install MQ server packages into the MQ builder image
 ./mq-advanced-server-rhel/install-mq-rhel.sh ${ctr_mq} "${mnt_mq}" "${archive}" "${packages}"