diff --git a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
index 585e55b..ed20237 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def wait_for_puppetserver(host, max_retries)
 def make_site_pp(host, pp, path)
   on host, "mkdir -p #{path}"
   create_remote_file(host, File.join(path, 'site.pp'), pp)
-  on host, "chown -R #{puppet_user(host)}:#{puppet_group(host)} #{path}"
+  on host, "chown -R root:root #{path}"
   on host, "chmod -R 0755 #{path}"
   on host, 'service puppetserver restart'
   wait_for_puppetserver(host, 3)