diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-ci.yml
index 579754f1b..f663b0a3a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-ci.yml
@@ -104,17 +104,6 @@ jobs:
             libxslt1.1 \
             libmemcached11
 
-      - name: Create apache user/group (to match your chown step)
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          set -euxo pipefail
-          if ! getent group apache >/dev/null; then
-            sudo groupadd --system apache
-          fi
-          if ! id -u apache >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            sudo useradd --system --no-create-home --gid apache apache
-          fi
-
       - name: Download and unpack COmanage Registry (${COMANAGE_REGISTRY_VERSION})
         shell: bash
         env:
@@ -143,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euxo pipefail
           sudo ln -s /var/cache/registry/tmp "${COMANAGE_REGISTRY_DIR}/local/tmp"
-          sudo chown -h wwww-data:www-data "${COMANAGE_REGISTRY_DIR}/local/tmp"
+          sudo chown -h www-data:www-data "${COMANAGE_REGISTRY_DIR}/local/tmp"
 
           sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html
           sudo rm -f "/var/www/html/${COMANAGE_REGISTRY_URL_PATH}"