diff --git a/plugins/connection/lxd.py b/plugins/connection/lxd.py
index ae699bc76f..31ed990981 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/lxd.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/lxd.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
 
     transport = 'community.general.lxd'
     has_pipelining = True
-    default_user = 'root'
+    default_user = None
 
     def __init__(self, play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs):
         super(Connection, self).__init__(play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs)