--- ./src/daemon/main.c.orig 2015-10-30 07:16:48.000000000 -0500 +++ ./src/daemon/main.c 2016-01-07 15:05:42.131126245 -0600 @@ -647,10 +647,8 @@ } #ifdef HAVE_GETUID - if (getuid() == 0 && !conf->system_instance) - pa_log_warn(_("This program is not intended to be run as root (unless --system is specified).")); #ifndef HAVE_DBUS /* A similar, only a notice worthy check was done earlier, if D-Bus is enabled. */ - else if (getuid() != 0 && conf->system_instance) { + if (getuid() != 0 && conf->system_instance) { pa_log(_("Root privileges required.")); goto finish; }