2 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
index b69a10da..b874c555 100644
--- a/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
+++ b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
@@ -270,9 +270,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
                 usage4 (_("Could not parse arguments"));
                 }
 
-        /* this plugin almost certainly needs root permissions. */
-        np_warn_if_not_root();
-
         /* create socket for DHCP communications */
         dhcp_socket=create_dhcp_socket();
 
diff --git a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
index 4b4197d8..8b563e40 100644
--- a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
+++ b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
@@ -383,9 +383,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain (PACKAGE);
 
-        /* print a helpful error message if geteuid != 0 */
-        np_warn_if_not_root();
-
         /* we only need to be setsuid when we get the sockets, so do
          * that before pointer magic (esp. on network data) */
         icmp_sockerrno = udp_sockerrno = tcp_sockerrno = sockets = 0;