diff --git a/salt/common/init.sls b/salt/common/init.sls
index 9d20de62b..25e8a62cb 100644
--- a/salt/common/init.sls
+++ b/salt/common/init.sls
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ elastic_curl_config:
     - name: /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config
     - source: salt://elasticsearch/curl.config
     - mode: 600
+    - user: 939
+    - group: 939
     - show_changes: False
     - makedirs: True
 
diff --git a/salt/manager/init.sls b/salt/manager/init.sls
index b45ffdf46..0b54fbc2f 100644
--- a/salt/manager/init.sls
+++ b/salt/manager/init.sls
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ elastic_curl_config_distributed:
     - source: salt://elasticsearch/files/curl.config.template
     - template: jinja
     - mode: 600
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939
     - show_changes: False
 
 # Must run before elasticsearch docker container is started!