diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index 270d2e9..fe69d75 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -822,14 +822,6 @@ pkg_clean() {
     (set +f; rm  -f "$cac_dir/c-"* "$cac_dir/m-"* "$cac_dir/rm")
 }
 
-root_check() {
-    # Ensure that the user has write permissions to '$KISS_ROOT'.
-    # When this variable is empty, a value of '/' is assumed.
-    [ -w "$KISS_ROOT/" ] || \
-        die "No write permissions to '${KISS_ROOT:-/}'." \
-            "You may need to run 'kiss' as root."
-}
-
 args() {
     # Parse script arguments manually. POSIX 'sh' has no 'getopts'
     # or equivalent built in. This is rather easy to do in our case