diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/user-creation/xuser-account_0.1.bb b/meta/recipes-support/user-creation/xuser-account_0.1.bb
index 13ba677333..81817d1e25 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/user-creation/xuser-account_0.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/user-creation/xuser-account_0.1.bb
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ do_install() {
 FILES_${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d/system-xuser.conf"
 
 USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
-GROUPADD_PARAM_${PN} = "--system shutdown"
 USERADD_PARAM_${PN} = "--create-home \
                        --groups video,tty,audio,input,shutdown,disk \
                        --user-group xuser"