diff --git a/tvheadend.spec b/tvheadend.spec
index 34b236e..159f72a 100644
--- a/tvheadend.spec
+++ b/tvheadend.spec
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ EOM
 
 %pre
 %service_add_pre %{name}.service
-%{_sbindir}/useradd -u 1337 -g %{htsgroup} -m -s /bin/false %{htsuser} -c "Tvheadend TV server" &> /dev/null || :
+%{_sbindir}/useradd -g %{htsgroup} -m -s /bin/false %{htsuser} -c "Tvheadend TV server" &> /dev/null || :
 %{_sbindir}/passwd -l %{htsuser} &> /dev/null || :
 
 %preun