--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/usr.sbin/acme-client/main.c b/usr.sbin/acme-client/main.c
+index 073f917..c95ded1 100644
+--- a/usr.sbin/acme-client/main.c
++++ b/usr.sbin/acme-client/main.c
+@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ goto usage;
+ }
+
+-#if !ENABLE_TEST_BUILD
+- if (getuid() != 0)
+- errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "must be run as root");
+-#endif
+-
+ /* parse config file */
+ if ((conf = parse_config(conffile, popts)) == NULL)
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;