diff --git a/morph/lib/make-issuer.nix b/morph/lib/make-issuer.nix
index 4302b406908f45b145ef805bb23aa834425283fb..a16cbb0b1efd0bd707463f11e45351a5e331e21a 100644
--- a/morph/lib/make-issuer.nix
+++ b/morph/lib/make-issuer.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 
 in rec {
   deployment = {
-    targetUser = "root";
     targetHost = publicIPv4;
 
     secrets = {
diff --git a/morph/lib/make-storage.nix b/morph/lib/make-storage.nix
index 25f3a95bfb5e66a4b42c5f2f82b4fdacbaed4b41..af0867c8b8342e31393f19a76a7cbfc4c95f86c9 100644
--- a/morph/lib/make-storage.nix
+++ b/morph/lib/make-storage.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 , ...
 }: rec {
   deployment = {
-    targetUser = "root";
     targetHost = cfg.publicIPv4;
 
     secrets = {
diff --git a/morph/lib/make-testing.nix b/morph/lib/make-testing.nix
index 050ffd1ec40ca36d94f6dce9507bd5ee09dea69b..f1c1b56fc5444322a8f3a1191fe296fe23528a3e 100644
--- a/morph/lib/make-testing.nix
+++ b/morph/lib/make-testing.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 in rec {
 
   deployment = {
-    targetUser = "root";
     targetHost = publicIPv4;
 
     secrets = {