diff --git a/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy b/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy
index 1d12d97..795080f 100644
--- a/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy
+++ b/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy
@@ -28,12 +28,10 @@
 timeout(time: 12, unit: 'HOURS') {
     node("docker&&hardware") {
         try {
-            if ("testing" in TARGET && !jenkinsUtils.currentUserInGroup(["release-engineering", "aptly-promote-users"])) {
+
+            if (!jenkinsUtils.currentUserInGroup(["release-engineering", "aptly-promote-users"])) {
                 insufficientPermissions = true
-                throw new Exception("Only release-engineering or aptly-promote-users can perform promote to testing.")
-            } else if (!jenkinsUtils.currentUserInGroup(["release-engineering"])) {
-                insufficientPermissions = true
-                throw new Exception("Only release-engineering team can perform promote.")
+                throw new Exception("Only release-engineering or aptly-promote-users can perform promote to " + TARGET)
             }
             stage("promote") {
                 // promote is restricted to users in aptly-promote-users LDAP group