diff --git a/pacstrap-docker b/pacstrap-docker
index 918b451..e0b0330 100755
--- a/pacstrap-docker
+++ b/pacstrap-docker
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
 	die "This script must be run as root"
 fi
 
-umask
-
 [[ -d $newroot ]] || die "%s is not a directory" "$newroot"
 
 echo 'Creating install root at %s' "$newroot"