diff --git a/rel/files/riak b/rel/files/riak
index 70fef3db6..8cefef613 100755
--- a/rel/files/riak
+++ b/rel/files/riak
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ else
     fi
     case "$1" in
         start|console|foreground)
-            su - riak -c "RELX_CONFIG_PATH=${RELX_CONFIG_PATH} VMARGS_PATH=${VMARGS_PATH} RUNNER_LOG_DIR=${RUNNER_LOG_DIR} PIPE_DIR=${PIPE_DIR} ${COMMAND} ${*} -pa {{platform_lib_dir}}/patches"
+            su riak -c "RELX_CONFIG_PATH=${RELX_CONFIG_PATH} VMARGS_PATH=${VMARGS_PATH} RUNNER_LOG_DIR=${RUNNER_LOG_DIR} PIPE_DIR=${PIPE_DIR} ${COMMAND} ${*} -pa {{platform_lib_dir}}/patches"
             ;;
         debug)
             # Drop the "debug" from the args as we're going to directly call riak-debug now
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ else
             ;;
         *)
             ESCAPED_ARGS=`echo "$@" | sed -e 's/\([\\\(\\\){}"\x27]\)/\\\\\1/g'`
-            su - riak -c "RELX_CONFIG_PATH=${RELX_CONFIG_PATH} VMARGS_PATH=${VMARGS_PATH} RUNNER_LOG_DIR=${RUNNER_LOG_DIR} PIPE_DIR=${PIPE_DIR} ${COMMAND} ${ESCAPED_ARGS}"
+            su riak -c "RELX_CONFIG_PATH=${RELX_CONFIG_PATH} VMARGS_PATH=${VMARGS_PATH} RUNNER_LOG_DIR=${RUNNER_LOG_DIR} PIPE_DIR=${PIPE_DIR} ${COMMAND} ${ESCAPED_ARGS}"
             ;;
     esac
 fi
-
-