diff --git a/build/ubuntu/setup-user.sh b/build/ubuntu/setup-user.sh
index 462f56b3561..70257dd3de7 100755
--- a/build/ubuntu/setup-user.sh
+++ b/build/ubuntu/setup-user.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
+deluser ubuntu
+
 addgroup --gid 1000 minecraft
 adduser --system --shell /bin/false --uid 1000 --ingroup minecraft --home /data minecraft
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