diff --git a/lib/yashchiki/build_image.sh b/lib/yashchiki/build_image.sh
index c07fc66287a0980084cc76371d291544f1b4cd7e..0838660cc4f6da94726ce0e964be70b55b2e7b53 100755
--- a/lib/yashchiki/build_image.sh
+++ b/lib/yashchiki/build_image.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,3 @@ sudo /usr/local/singularity/sif_builder/bin/singularity build ${YASHCHIKI_IMAGE_
 sudo umount "${TARGET_FOLDER}/opt/spack"
 
 sudo chown -R $(id -un) ${YASHCHIKI_IMAGE_NAME}
-
-if [[ "${CONTAINER_BUILD_TYPE}" =~ "^stable$" ]]; then
-    # allow spack user to execute image
-    chmod +rx ${YASHCHIKI_IMAGE_NAME}
-fi