diff --git a/travis/nginx.tpl.conf b/travis/nginx.tpl.conf
index 6a46662de..6966e5aac 100644
--- a/travis/nginx.tpl.conf
+++ b/travis/nginx.tpl.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-user www-data;
 worker_processes 1;
 pid pid {DIR}/tmp/nginx.pid;