diff --git a/tentacle/tentacle_server b/tentacle/tentacle_server
index b6d6ae7b08..c9fa8604b8 100755
--- a/tentacle/tentacle_server
+++ b/tentacle/tentacle_server
@@ -1784,12 +1784,6 @@ sub check_ssleay_version {
 # Main
 ################################################################################
 
-# Never run as root
-if ($> == 0 && $^O ne 'MSWin32') {
-	print ("Error: for safety reasons $0 cannot be run with root privileges.\n");
-	exit 1;
-}
-
 # Parse command line options
 parse_options ();