diff --git a/ci/installdeps.sh b/ci/installdeps.sh
index 7d7c723e..6880d91d 100755
--- a/ci/installdeps.sh
+++ b/ci/installdeps.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -xeuo pipefail
 # cosa buildroot container
 # https://github.com/coreos/coreos-assembler/pull/730
 # And using `yum` at all means we can flake on fetching rpm metadata
-if [ -n "${SKIP_INSTALLDEPS:-}" ]; then
+if [ -n "${SKIP_INSTALLDEPS:-}" ] || test "$(id -u)" != 0; then
     exit 0
 fi