diff --git a/dockerfiles/docker-entrypoint.sh b/dockerfiles/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0bad97b15..ae4af98c2 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ do
 done
 
 get_searxng_version(){
-    su searxng -c \
-       'python3 -c "import six; import searx.version; six.print_(searx.version.VERSION_STRING)"' \
-       2>/dev/null
+    python3 -c "import six; import searx.version; six.print_(searx.version.VERSION_STRING)" 2>/dev/null
 }
 
 SEARXNG_VERSION="$(get_searxng_version)"