diff --git a/cli/src/pcluster/resources/batch/docker/alinux2/Dockerfile b/cli/src/pcluster/resources/batch/docker/alinux2/Dockerfile
index d06a1c1855..6e1e544039 100644
--- a/cli/src/pcluster/resources/batch/docker/alinux2/Dockerfile
+++ b/cli/src/pcluster/resources/batch/docker/alinux2/Dockerfile
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ ENV PATH "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/lib6
 # expose ssh port
 EXPOSE 22
 
-USER root ENTRYPOINT ["/parallelcluster/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/parallelcluster/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/cli/src/pcluster/resources/batch/docker/alinux2023/Dockerfile b/cli/src/pcluster/resources/batch/docker/alinux2023/Dockerfile
index 38c0d5b00b..39ad5dceba 100644
--- a/cli/src/pcluster/resources/batch/docker/alinux2023/Dockerfile
+++ b/cli/src/pcluster/resources/batch/docker/alinux2023/Dockerfile
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ ENV PATH "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/lib6
 # expose ssh port
 EXPOSE 22
 
-USER root ENTRYPOINT ["/parallelcluster/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/parallelcluster/bin/entrypoint.sh"]