diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index 3e37d1b530..13124a7019 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@
         comment="dummy system account for the gen-acls fedmsg job"
         uid=417
         group=gen-acls
-        groups=packager
         shell=/bin/bash
         home=/srv/git