diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 392c04d..2fd7016 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ Deprecated
 Fixed
 -----
 
+- Commented out ``DownloadUser`` in ``pacman.conf`` so that the working directory is not restricted to paths to which
+  the ``alpm`` user has access to.
+
 Removed
 -------
 
diff --git a/configs/baseline/pacman.conf b/configs/baseline/pacman.conf
index 5abd8bb..e7e6497 100644
--- a/configs/baseline/pacman.conf
+++ b/configs/baseline/pacman.conf
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Architecture = auto
 #CheckSpace
 #VerbosePkgLists
 ParallelDownloads = 5
-DownloadUser = alpm
+#DownloadUser = alpm
 #DisableSandbox
 
 # By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
diff --git a/configs/releng/pacman.conf b/configs/releng/pacman.conf
index 5abd8bb..e7e6497 100644
--- a/configs/releng/pacman.conf
+++ b/configs/releng/pacman.conf
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Architecture = auto
 #CheckSpace
 #VerbosePkgLists
 ParallelDownloads = 5
-DownloadUser = alpm
+#DownloadUser = alpm
 #DisableSandbox
 
 # By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring