diff --git a/build-ubunturepo b/build-ubunturepo
index a9a2a7e92..3ba4cbe96 100755
--- a/build-ubunturepo
+++ b/build-ubunturepo
@@ -251,12 +251,12 @@ __EOF__
         groupadd xcat
     fi     
 
-    chgrp -R xcat xcat-core
+    chgrp -R root xcat-core
     chmod -R g+w xcat-core
 
     #build the tar ball
     tar -hjcf $tar_name xcat-core
-    chgrp xcat $tar_name
+    chgrp root $tar_name
     chmod g+w $tar_name
 
     if [ ! -e core-snap ]; then
@@ -351,13 +351,13 @@ __EOF__
         groupadd xcat
     fi
 
-    chgrp -R xcat xcat-dep
+    chgrp -R root xcat-dep
     chmod -R g+w xcat-dep
 
     #create the tar ball
     dep_tar_name=xcat-dep-ubuntu.tar.bz
     tar -hjcf $dep_tar_name xcat-dep
-    chgrp xcat $dep_tar_name
+    chgrp root $dep_tar_name
     chmod g+w $dep_tar_name
 
     if [ -n "$UP" ] && [ "$UP" == 0 ];then
diff --git a/buildcore.sh b/buildcore.sh
index 97ab6e8f4..32d97b12e 100755
--- a/buildcore.sh
+++ b/buildcore.sh
@@ -375,9 +375,9 @@ else	# linux
 		groupadd xcat
 	fi
 fi
-chgrp -R xcat $DESTDIR
+chgrp -R root $DESTDIR
 chmod -R g+w $DESTDIR
-chgrp -R xcat $SRCDIR
+chgrp -R root $SRCDIR
 chmod -R g+w $SRCDIR
 
 else		# end of very long if-not-promote
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ if [ "$OSNAME" = "AIX" ]; then
 else
 	tar $verboseflag -hjcf $TARNAME $XCATCORE
 fi
-chgrp xcat $TARNAME
+chgrp root $TARNAME
 chmod g+w $TARNAME
 
 # Decide whether to upload or not
diff --git a/builddep.sh b/builddep.sh
index c649aceb3..2f6e1dbaf 100755
--- a/builddep.sh
+++ b/builddep.sh
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ else
 		groupadd xcat
 	fi
 fi
-chgrp -R xcat *
+chgrp -R root *
 chmod -R g+w *
 
 # Build the tarball