diff --git a/dev-db/etcd/files/etcd.logrotated b/dev-db/etcd/files/etcd.logrotated
index bd6434411c760..8c79bff297b51 100644
--- a/dev-db/etcd/files/etcd.logrotated
+++ b/dev-db/etcd/files/etcd.logrotated
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /var/log/etcd/etcd.log /var/log/etcd/etcd.err {
-	su etcd etcd
 	missingok
 	size 5M
 	rotate 3