diff --git a/apertis-ospack-basesdk.yaml b/apertis-ospack-basesdk.yaml
index 7bd56e1e98569b91bc9650cd0dd4e5cb9606a8e5..85d0fc9308fecb3703a0b465588de21b05b02059 100644
--- a/apertis-ospack-basesdk.yaml
+++ b/apertis-ospack-basesdk.yaml
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ actions:
   - action: run
     description: "Setting up sysroot storage"
     chroot: true
-    script: scripts/setup_sysroot.sh
+    script: install -d -m 0755 -o user -g user /home/sysroot
   {{ end }}
 
   - action: run
diff --git a/apertis-ospack-sdk.yaml b/apertis-ospack-sdk.yaml
index 5259267eb73a0d9e189f027e0986f413e1cda75d..5c1f93e8748e37b9b480d3c4366ac0f36e7accf3 100644
--- a/apertis-ospack-sdk.yaml
+++ b/apertis-ospack-sdk.yaml
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ actions:
   - action: run
     description: "Setting up sysroot storage"
     chroot: true
-    script: scripts/setup_sysroot.sh
+    script: install -d -m 0755 -o user -g user /home/sysroot
   {{ end }}
 
   - action: run
diff --git a/scripts/setup_sysroot.sh b/scripts/setup_sysroot.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e70f659cdf0d25c5a23737b6d71f51f85b2999f6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/scripts/setup_sysroot.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -e
-
-echo "I: create sysroot directory on home partition"
-install -d -m 0755 /home/sysroot
-chown user.user /home/sysroot