diff --git a/src/shared/verbs.c b/src/shared/verbs.c
index 7c5dcb02a2..c87b496736 100644
--- a/src/shared/verbs.c
+++ b/src/shared/verbs.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int dispatch_verb(int argc, char *argv[], const Verb verbs[], void *userdata) {
         const Verb *verb;
         const char *name;
         unsigned i;
-        int left, r;
+        int left;
 
         assert(verbs);
         assert(verbs[0].dispatch);
@@ -109,12 +109,6 @@ int dispatch_verb(int argc, char *argv[], const Verb verbs[], void *userdata) {
                 return 0;
         }
 
-        if (verb->flags & VERB_MUST_BE_ROOT) {
-                r = must_be_root();
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
-        }
-
         if (name)
                 return verb->dispatch(left, argv, userdata);
         else {
diff --git a/src/shared/verbs.h b/src/shared/verbs.h
index 010c0df3fd..c5fe6cc7c5 100644
--- a/src/shared/verbs.h
+++ b/src/shared/verbs.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 typedef enum VerbFlags {
         VERB_DEFAULT      = 1 << 0,
         VERB_ONLINE_ONLY  = 1 << 1,
-        VERB_MUST_BE_ROOT = 1 << 2,
 } VerbFlags;
 
 typedef struct {