diff --git a/buildspec.yaml b/buildspec.yaml
index 9efaf655e95c1..b54c07f3b99c1 100644
--- a/buildspec.yaml
+++ b/buildspec.yaml
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ phases:
       # this also takes care of launching the docker daemon.
       - /root/ecr-proxy/start.sh
 
-      # CodeBuild always runs as root, allow npm to operate as such
-      - npm config set unsafe-perm true
-
       # Install yarn if it wasn't already present in the image
       - yarn --version || npm -g install yarn