diff --git a/manifests/user_instance.pp b/manifests/user_instance.pp
index ff6bb647de7bb62ea70f8e27529cddd34d066987..7dbf6ca9dbd8e5df50beb3676f0f09f8c912361b 100644
--- a/manifests/user_instance.pp
+++ b/manifests/user_instance.pp
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ define mpd::user_instance (
   exec { "Enable user ${user} mpd instance":
     command => "systemctl enable --machine=${user}@.host --now --user ${service_name}",
     creates => "${xdg_config_home}/systemd/user/default.target.wants/mpd.service",
-    user    => $user,
     path    => ['/bin', '/usr/bin'],
   }