diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index f0c0bc3c..9e4e36a2 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -18,12 +18,7 @@ class ironic::db::sync(
   exec { 'ironic-dbsync':
     command     => "${::ironic::params::dbsync_command} ${extra_params}",
     path        => '/usr/bin',
-    # Ubuntu packaging is running dbsync command as root during ironic-common
-    # postinstall script so when Puppet tries to run dbsync again, it fails
-    # because it is run with ironic user.
-    # This is a temporary patch until it's changed in Packaging
-    # https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-archive/+bug/1450942
-    user        => 'root',
+    user        => 'ironic',
     refreshonly => true,
     try_sleep   => 5,
     tries       => 10,
diff --git a/spec/classes/ironic_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ironic_db_sync_spec.rb
index 575bb227..d62eecaa 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ironic_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ironic_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ describe 'ironic::db::sync' do
       is_expected.to contain_exec('ironic-dbsync').with(
         :command     => 'ironic-dbsync --config-file /etc/ironic/ironic.conf ',
         :path        => '/usr/bin',
-        :user        => 'root',
+        :user        => 'ironic',
         :refreshonly => 'true',
         :try_sleep   => 5,
         :tries       => 10,
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe 'ironic::db::sync' do
         it { is_expected.to contain_exec('ironic-dbsync').with(
             :command     => 'ironic-dbsync --config-file /etc/ironic/ironic.conf --config-file /etc/ironic/ironic_01.conf',
             :path        => '/usr/bin',
-            :user        => 'root',
+            :user        => 'ironic',
             :refreshonly => true,
             :try_sleep   => 5,
             :tries       => 10,