diff --git a/pkg/meta/boltdb/boltdb.go b/pkg/meta/boltdb/boltdb.go
index d7ee08f3..d357c8dd 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/boltdb/boltdb.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/boltdb/boltdb.go
@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@ func (bdw *BoltDB) SetUserGroups(ctx context.Context, groups []string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		userData.Groups = append(userData.Groups, groups...)
+		userData.Groups = groups
 
 		err = bdw.setUserData(userid, tx, userData)
 
diff --git a/pkg/meta/dynamodb/dynamodb.go b/pkg/meta/dynamodb/dynamodb.go
index 5357d012..7d97ef05 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/dynamodb/dynamodb.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/dynamodb/dynamodb.go
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ func (dwr DynamoDB) SetUserGroups(ctx context.Context, groups []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	userData.Groups = append(userData.Groups, groups...)
+	userData.Groups = groups
 
 	return dwr.SetUserData(ctx, userData)
 }