diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fe42294591588919bf14f1a6050fcec2293c9656..2c86066dbf18e1af54477648e25e127766006739 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ singularity-build:
       - ""
   stage: build
   script:
-    - singularity build --fakeroot "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG".simg Singularity/recipe
+    - singularity build "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG".simg Singularity/recipe
   except:
     - master
   artifacts: