From 353c21a9ef173c08283e805abe6450dd4bbd37fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Duley <jagduley@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 22:13:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove root check from Makefile

---
 Makefile | 9 ---------
 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dde9d8cb3..84a1e993a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -106,15 +106,6 @@ $(foreach var, $(SANITIZE_GCC_VARS), $(eval $(call SANITIZE_VAR,$(var),disallowe
 SANITIZE_DEPRECATED_VARS := USE_BOOTLOADER CLEAN_BUILD
 $(foreach var, $(SANITIZE_DEPRECATED_VARS), $(eval $(call SANITIZE_VAR,$(var),deprecated)))
 
-# Make sure this isn't being run as root unless installing (no whoami on Windows, but that is ok here)
-ifeq ($(shell whoami 2>/dev/null),root)
-    ifeq ($(filter install uninstall,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
-        ifndef FAKEROOTKEY
-            $(error You should not be running this as root)
-        endif
-    endif
-endif
-
 # Decide on a verbosity level based on the V= parameter
 export AT := @
 ifndef V