diff --git a/playbooks/on-off/set_id0.yml b/playbooks/on-off/set_id0.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4636177d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/on-off/set_id0.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+- hosts: all
+  become: yes
+  tasks:
+    - name: set root gid to 0
+      become: true
+      ansible.builtin.user:
+        name: root
+        group: root
diff --git a/roles/mgrote.restic/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mgrote.restic/tasks/main.yml
index e181a7f9..b1ba785a 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote.restic/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mgrote.restic/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@
       name: "{{ restic_group }}"
       state: present
 
-  - name: ensure user exists
-    become: true
-    ansible.builtin.user:
-      name: "{{ restic_user }}"
-      group: "{{ restic_group }}"
-      shell: /usr/sbin/nologin
-
   - name: install restic-packages
     become: yes
     ansible.builtin.package: