diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a4cd6e41..6934e93f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 -
 
 ### Fixed
--
+- Issue loading openvino models for semi-automatic and automatic annotation (<https://github.com/opencv/cvat/pull/1996>)
 
 ### Security
 -
diff --git a/serverless/openvino/dextr/nuclio/function.yaml b/serverless/openvino/dextr/nuclio/function.yaml
index 08fbf14f..14b6db3e 100644
--- a/serverless/openvino/dextr/nuclio/function.yaml
+++ b/serverless/openvino/dextr/nuclio/function.yaml
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ spec:
         value: unzip dextr_model_v1.zip
       - kind: RUN
         value: pip3 install Pillow
-      - kind: USER
-        value: openvino
 
   triggers:
     myHttpTrigger:
diff --git a/serverless/openvino/omz/intel/person-reidentification-retail-300/nuclio/function.yaml b/serverless/openvino/omz/intel/person-reidentification-retail-300/nuclio/function.yaml
index 1057efb0..f4a5d2fb 100644
--- a/serverless/openvino/omz/intel/person-reidentification-retail-300/nuclio/function.yaml
+++ b/serverless/openvino/omz/intel/person-reidentification-retail-300/nuclio/function.yaml
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ spec:
       - kind: RUN
         value: /opt/intel/openvino/deployment_tools/open_model_zoo/tools/downloader/converter.py --name person-reidentification-retail-0300 --precisions FP32 -d /opt/nuclio/open_model_zoo -o /opt/nuclio/open_model_zoo
 
-      postCopy:
-      - kind: USER
-        value: openvino
-
   triggers:
     myHttpTrigger:
       maxWorkers: 2
diff --git a/serverless/openvino/omz/intel/semantic-segmentation-adas-0001/nuclio/function.yaml b/serverless/openvino/omz/intel/semantic-segmentation-adas-0001/nuclio/function.yaml
index 0f3f4454..03a1f3c1 100644
--- a/serverless/openvino/omz/intel/semantic-segmentation-adas-0001/nuclio/function.yaml
+++ b/serverless/openvino/omz/intel/semantic-segmentation-adas-0001/nuclio/function.yaml
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ spec:
         value: apt update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install --no-install-recommends -y python3-skimage
       - kind: RUN
         value: pip3 install "numpy<1.16.0" # workaround for skimage
-      - kind: USER
-        value: openvino
 
   triggers:
     myHttpTrigger:
diff --git a/serverless/openvino/omz/intel/text-detection-0004/nuclio/function.yaml b/serverless/openvino/omz/intel/text-detection-0004/nuclio/function.yaml
index 864ed2d1..66317007 100644
--- a/serverless/openvino/omz/intel/text-detection-0004/nuclio/function.yaml
+++ b/serverless/openvino/omz/intel/text-detection-0004/nuclio/function.yaml
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ spec:
       - kind: RUN
         value: /opt/intel/openvino/deployment_tools/open_model_zoo/tools/downloader/downloader.py --name text-detection-0004 -o /opt/nuclio/open_model_zoo
 
-      postCopy:
-      - kind: USER
-        value: openvino
-
   triggers:
     myHttpTrigger:
       maxWorkers: 2
diff --git a/serverless/openvino/omz/public/faster_rcnn_inception_v2_coco/nuclio/function.yaml b/serverless/openvino/omz/public/faster_rcnn_inception_v2_coco/nuclio/function.yaml
index b8ea9f53..9cb8b6bf 100644
--- a/serverless/openvino/omz/public/faster_rcnn_inception_v2_coco/nuclio/function.yaml
+++ b/serverless/openvino/omz/public/faster_rcnn_inception_v2_coco/nuclio/function.yaml
@@ -115,10 +115,6 @@ spec:
       - kind: RUN
         value: /opt/intel/openvino/deployment_tools/open_model_zoo/tools/downloader/converter.py --name faster_rcnn_inception_v2_coco --precisions FP32 -d /opt/nuclio/open_model_zoo -o /opt/nuclio/open_model_zoo
 
-      postCopy:
-      - kind: USER
-        value: openvino
-
   triggers:
     myHttpTrigger:
       maxWorkers: 2
diff --git a/serverless/openvino/omz/public/mask_rcnn_inception_resnet_v2_atrous_coco/nuclio/function.yaml b/serverless/openvino/omz/public/mask_rcnn_inception_resnet_v2_atrous_coco/nuclio/function.yaml
index 5b94d954..f08ef796 100644
--- a/serverless/openvino/omz/public/mask_rcnn_inception_resnet_v2_atrous_coco/nuclio/function.yaml
+++ b/serverless/openvino/omz/public/mask_rcnn_inception_resnet_v2_atrous_coco/nuclio/function.yaml
@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@ spec:
         value: apt update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install --no-install-recommends -y python3-skimage
       - kind: RUN
         value: pip3 install "numpy<1.16.0" # workaround for skimage
-      - kind: USER
-        value: openvino
 
   triggers:
     myHttpTrigger:
diff --git a/serverless/openvino/omz/public/yolo-v3-tf/nuclio/function.yaml b/serverless/openvino/omz/public/yolo-v3-tf/nuclio/function.yaml
index 3ec733b7..31ea02b4 100644
--- a/serverless/openvino/omz/public/yolo-v3-tf/nuclio/function.yaml
+++ b/serverless/openvino/omz/public/yolo-v3-tf/nuclio/function.yaml
@@ -115,9 +115,6 @@ spec:
       - kind: RUN
         value: /opt/intel/openvino/deployment_tools/open_model_zoo/tools/downloader/converter.py --name yolo-v3-tf --precisions FP32 -d /opt/nuclio/open_model_zoo -o /opt/nuclio/open_model_zoo
 
-      postCopy:
-      - kind: USER
-        value: openvino
 
   triggers:
     myHttpTrigger: