diff --git a/buildscript b/buildscript
index 0eefdeb..7c3d8dd 100755
--- a/buildscript
+++ b/buildscript
@@ -381,11 +381,6 @@ buildall() {
     done
 }
 
-if [ "$(/usr/bin/id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo "don't run buildscript as root"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 if [ "$1" != "selectbsp" -a "$1" != "selectvariant" ]; then
     if [ ! -h selected_bsp ]; then
         echo "Please select a Board-Support-Package using:"