diff --git a/modules/jenkins/manifests/job_builder.pp b/modules/jenkins/manifests/job_builder.pp
index 0b5f96f7b5..b732389b12 100644
--- a/modules/jenkins/manifests/job_builder.pp
+++ b/modules/jenkins/manifests/job_builder.pp
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ class jenkins::job_builder (
 #       at some point, but that still has some problems.
   file { '/etc/jenkins_jobs/jenkins_jobs.ini':
     ensure  => present,
-    owner   => 'jenkins',
     mode    => '0400',
     content => template('jenkins/jenkins_jobs.ini.erb'),
     require => File['/etc/jenkins_jobs'],