diff --git a/packages/devel/usbmuxd/build b/packages/devel/usbmuxd/build
index 2817cdafa8..05050a2d25 100755
--- a/packages/devel/usbmuxd/build
+++ b/packages/devel/usbmuxd/build
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
 # Set the owner of the device node to be usbmuxd
-  sed -i 's/ATTR{idVendor}=="05ac"/OWNER="usbmuxd", ATTR{idVendor}=="05ac"/' udev/85-usbmuxd.rules.in
-  sed -i 's/-U usbmux/-U usbmuxd/' udev/85-usbmuxd.rules.in
+  sed -i 's/ATTR{idVendor}=="05ac"/OWNER="root", ATTR{idVendor}=="05ac"/' udev/85-usbmuxd.rules.in
+  sed -i 's/-U usbmux/-U root/' udev/85-usbmuxd.rules.in
 
 mkdir -p build && cd build
 
diff --git a/packages/devel/usbmuxd/install b/packages/devel/usbmuxd/install
index b8f6a407b1..5332d55f7a 100755
--- a/packages/devel/usbmuxd/install
+++ b/packages/devel/usbmuxd/install
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-add_user usbmuxd x 113 113 "usbmuxd user" "/" "/bin/sh"
-add_group usbmuxd 113
+# add_user usbmuxd x 113 113 "usbmuxd user" "/" "/bin/sh"
+# add_group usbmuxd 113
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
   cp -P $PKG_BUILD/build/libusbmuxd/libusbmuxd.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib