diff --git a/testing/conntracct/APKBUILD b/testing/conntracct/APKBUILD
index 166d6ff72ac..29885e484dc 100644
--- a/testing/conntracct/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/conntracct/APKBUILD
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ source="
 	$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/ti-mo/conntracct/archive/$pkgver.tar.gz
 	conntracct.confd
 	conntracct.initd
+	dont-run-setcap.patch
 	"
 
 build() {
@@ -40,4 +41,5 @@ package() {
 
 sha512sums="f018116dbeb937a5e308fa05dcbe9633ee1227a3bdce6c946cca1c5d73bb463c0085835c042becc62f7ad597b243c470c06e9712a1dffb844c4c858615da09af  conntracct-0.2.7.tar.gz
 e2474f6a0fd86014ec87c662cbb3f51a906e3d5905ad7d77e557a3c42c1efaeace40dd0e3811c75536bb6b031be68453e7e945786ef1af158398424fba5213a8  conntracct.confd
-5b1c44b43be54674e9d17d64677db700820144264dfd40a77389776f56fa8b8672f13c6b1d1dfc426037cc98298053e1364faaf9293c15c45c4acb24a653f78b  conntracct.initd"
+5b1c44b43be54674e9d17d64677db700820144264dfd40a77389776f56fa8b8672f13c6b1d1dfc426037cc98298053e1364faaf9293c15c45c4acb24a653f78b  conntracct.initd
+911a1e8d761071c2c8c077b7b6306c11aa318a671576ccc14486d70118a15eab4850257996f991b92e462b0897ac6e917007009696cd32885c344ffa5966c2e4  dont-run-setcap.patch"
diff --git a/testing/conntracct/dont-run-setcap.patch b/testing/conntracct/dont-run-setcap.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b422b1b761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/conntracct/dont-run-setcap.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/magefile.go b/magefile.go
+index f995949..368c873 100644
+--- a/magefile.go
++++ b/magefile.go
+@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ func Build() error {
+ 			return err
+ 		}
+ 
+-		// 'Minimal' capability set to run without being uid 0.
+-		// cap_sys_admin for calling bpf().
+-		// cap_ipc_lock for locking memory for the ring buffer.
+-		// cap_dac_override for opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/*
+-		// cap_net_admin for managing sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct
+-		if err := sh.Run("sudo", "setcap", "cap_sys_admin,cap_ipc_lock,cap_net_admin,cap_dac_override,cap_sys_resource+eip", realPath); err != nil {
+-			return err
+-		}
+-
+ 		fmt.Printf("Successfully built %s!\n", buildPath)
+ 		return nil
+ 	}