diff --git a/patch-fbc.sh b/patch-fbc.sh
index 835773d..06eb9c0 100755
--- a/patch-fbc.sh
+++ b/patch-fbc.sh
@@ -4,15 +4,6 @@ set -euo pipefail ; # <- this semicolon and comment make options apply
 # even when script is corrupt by CRLF line terminators (issue #75)
 # empty line must follow this comment for immediate fail with CRLF newlines
 
-# root check
-if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo
-  echo -e "Please run as root!"
-  echo
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-
 backup_path="/opt/nvidia/libnvidia-fbc-backup"
 silent_flag=''
 manual_driver_version=''
diff --git a/patch.sh b/patch.sh
index fa90165..ee9d638 100755
--- a/patch.sh
+++ b/patch.sh
@@ -4,15 +4,6 @@ set -euo pipefail ; # <- this semicolon and comment make options apply
 # even when script is corrupt by CRLF line terminators (issue #75)
 # empty line must follow this comment for immediate fail with CRLF newlines
 
-# root check
-if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo
-  echo -e "Please run as root!"
-  echo
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-
 backup_path="/opt/nvidia/libnvidia-encode-backup"
 silent_flag=''
 manual_driver_version=''