diff --git a/makefiles/docker.inc.mk b/makefiles/docker.inc.mk
index 6419ab26ee260e22e82de5b3b5a5c7c3178a9a7e..e3753bdbab55ae42801819dfce92130913447772 100644
--- a/makefiles/docker.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/docker.inc.mk
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ DOCKER_OVERRIDE_CMDLINE := $(strip $(DOCKER_OVERRIDE_CMDLINE))
 # hardware which may not be reachable from inside the container.
 ..in-docker-container:
 	@$(COLOR_ECHO) '${COLOR_GREEN}Launching build container using image "$(DOCKER_IMAGE)".${COLOR_RESET}'
-	docker run $(DOCKER_FLAGS) -i -t -u "$$(id -u)" \
+	docker run $(DOCKER_FLAGS) -t -u "$$(id -u)" \
 	    -v '$(RIOTBASE):$(DOCKER_BUILD_ROOT)/riotbase' \
 	    -v '$(RIOTCPU):$(DOCKER_BUILD_ROOT)/riotcpu' \
 	    -v '$(RIOTBOARD):$(DOCKER_BUILD_ROOT)/riotboard' \