diff --git a/etc/init/distributedsched.cfg b/etc/init/distributedsched.cfg
index 37c32b3a..e7e1ef96 100644
--- a/etc/init/distributedsched.cfg
+++ b/etc/init/distributedsched.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
             "name" : "distributedsched",
             "path" : ["/system/bin/sa_main", "/system/profile/distributedsched.xml"],
             "uid" : "system",
-            "gid" : ["system", "shell", "root"]
+            "gid" : ["system", "shell"]
         }
     ]
 }