diff --git a/jupyterhub_config.py b/jupyterhub_config.py
index 77568111a75ce756afce40da23cb59ff1670abbb..71a7c2d9318f35d9c4615d2126c02f8af6e1692d 100644
--- a/jupyterhub_config.py
+++ b/jupyterhub_config.py
@@ -1140,10 +1140,6 @@ c.DockerSpawner.notebook_dir = notebook_dir
 # notebook directory in the container
 c.DockerSpawner.volumes = {"/cache/jupyterhub/users/{username}": notebook_dir}
 
-c.DockerSpawner.extra_create_kwargs = {
-    "user": "root" # Can also be an integer UID
-}
-
 c.SwarmSpawner.environment = {
     'NB_UID': 8963,
     'NB_GID': 8963,