diff --git a/assets/init b/assets/init
index b0f2f5ae..7962550b 100755
--- a/assets/init
+++ b/assets/init
@@ -714,8 +714,8 @@ EOF
 appSanitize () {
   echo "Checking repository directories permissions..."
   chmod -R ug+rwX,o-rwx ${GITLAB_DATA_DIR}/repositories/
-  sudo -u git -H chmod -R ug-s ${GITLAB_DATA_DIR}/repositories/
-  find ${GITLAB_DATA_DIR}/repositories/ -type d -print0 | xargs -0 sudo -u git -H chmod g+s
+  chmod -R ug-s ${GITLAB_DATA_DIR}/repositories/
+  find ${GITLAB_DATA_DIR}/repositories/ -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod g+s
   chown -R git:git ${GITLAB_DATA_DIR}/repositories
 
   echo "Checking satellites directories permissions..."