diff --git a/magnum/templates/heat-kubernetes/fragments/add-to-docker-group.sh b/magnum/templates/heat-kubernetes/fragments/add-to-docker-group.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 171b0bb01f..0000000000
--- a/magnum/templates/heat-kubernetes/fragments/add-to-docker-group.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Under atomic, we need to make sure the 'dockerroot' group exists in
-# /etc/group (because /lib/group cannot be modified by usermod).
-echo "making 'dockerroot' group editable"
-if ! grep -q dockerroot /etc/group; then
-	grep dockerroot /lib/group >> /etc/group
-fi
-
-# make 'minion' user a member of the dockerroot group
-# (so you can run docker commands as the 'minion' user)
-echo "adding 'minion' user to 'dockerroot' group"
-usermod -G dockerroot minion
-
diff --git a/magnum/templates/heat-kubernetes/kubeminion.yaml b/magnum/templates/heat-kubernetes/kubeminion.yaml
index 912e2bed05..49cc6fcb36 100644
--- a/magnum/templates/heat-kubernetes/kubeminion.yaml
+++ b/magnum/templates/heat-kubernetes/kubeminion.yaml
@@ -93,12 +93,6 @@ resources:
             $KUBE_MASTER_IP: {get_param: kube_master_ip}
             $DOCKER_VOLUME: {get_resource: docker_volume}
 
-  add_to_docker_group:
-    type: OS::Heat::SoftwareConfig
-    properties:
-      group: ungrouped
-      config: {get_file: fragments/add-to-docker-group.sh}
-
   configure_docker_storage:
     type: OS::Heat::SoftwareConfig
     properties:
@@ -167,7 +161,6 @@ resources:
         - config: {get_resource: write_heat_params}
         - config: {get_resource: kube_user}
         - config: {get_resource: kube_examples}
-        - config: {get_resource: add_to_docker_group}
         - config: {get_resource: configure_docker_storage}
         - config: {get_resource: kube_register}
         - config: {get_resource: configure_kubernetes_minion}