diff --git a/build/resources.go b/build/resources.go
index 312009bf..0158ba3c 100644
--- a/build/resources.go
+++ b/build/resources.go
@@ -486,7 +486,6 @@ func createPackagedDeployment(replicas int32, phase string) *appsv1.Deployment {
 								AllowPrivilegeEscalation: pointer.Bool(false),
 								ReadOnlyRootFilesystem:   pointer.Bool(true),
 								RunAsNonRoot:             pointer.Bool(true),
-								RunAsUser:                pointer.Int64(1001),
 								Capabilities: &corev1.Capabilities{
 									Drop: []corev1.Capability{"ALL"},
 								},
diff --git a/config/package/resources.yaml.gotmpl b/config/package/resources.yaml.gotmpl
index cd497af8..307133af 100644
--- a/config/package/resources.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/config/package/resources.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ spec:
             - ALL
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
           runAsNonRoot: true
-          runAsUser: 1001
           seccompProfile:
             type: RuntimeDefault
         terminationMessagePolicy: FallbackToLogsOnError