diff --git a/cheat/sheets.py b/cheat/sheets.py
index 24c556c..d9fbc91 100644
--- a/cheat/sheets.py
+++ b/cheat/sheets.py
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ cheats = {}
 def default_path():
     """ Returns the default cheatsheet path """
 
-    # the default path becomes confused when cheat is run as root, so fail
-    # under those circumstances. (There is no good reason to need to run cheat
-    # as root.)
-    if os.name != 'nt' and os.geteuid() == 0:
-        die('Please do not run this application as root.');
-
     # determine the default cheatsheet dir
     default_sheets_dir = os.environ.get('DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR') or os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.cheat')