diff --git a/pihole b/pihole
index 7df4aefc..c1566ed7 100755
--- a/pihole
+++ b/pihole
@@ -570,9 +570,9 @@ if [[ -z ${USER} ]]; then
   USER=$(whoami)
 fi
 
-# Check if the current user is neither root nor pihole and if the command
+# Check if the current user is not root and if the command
 # requires root. If so, exit with an error message.
-if [[ $EUID -ne 0 && ${USER} != "pihole" && need_root -eq 1 ]];then
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 && need_root -eq 1 ]];then
   echo -e "  ${CROSS} The Pi-hole command requires root privileges, try:"
   echo -e "      ${COL_GREEN}sudo pihole $*${COL_NC}"
   exit 1