diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1e08d68..3337a21 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -247,12 +247,6 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cfg_aliases"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "613afe47fcd5fac7ccf1db93babcb082c5994d996f20b8b159f2ad1658eb5724"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "chrono"
 version = "0.4.38"
@@ -1201,18 +1195,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nix"
-version = "0.29.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "71e2746dc3a24dd78b3cfcb7be93368c6de9963d30f43a6a73998a9cf4b17b46"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "cfg-if",
- "cfg_aliases",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "7.1.3"
@@ -1607,7 +1589,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "file-lock",
  "glob",
  "libc",
- "nix",
  "num_cpus",
  "open",
  "pad",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5027bb7..7dacd9b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ dialoguer = "0.11.0"
 file-lock = "2.1.11"
 glob = "0.3.1"
 libc = "0.2.167"
-nix = { version = "0.29.0", features = ["user"] }
 num_cpus = "1.16.0"
 open = "5.3.1"
 pad = "0.1.6"
diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
index 5ceda6f..e6a846c 100644
--- a/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src/errors.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
 
 pub const CODE_STDERR_REDIRECT: i32 = 10;
-pub const CODE_ROOT_PRIVILEGES: i32 = 11;
 pub const CODE_PARSE_COMMAND_LINE_ARGS: i32 = 12;
 pub const CODE_LOAD_CONFIG: i32 = 13;
 pub const CODE_COMMAND_FAILED: i32 = 14;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6867953..3ebd530 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ use std::process;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::error::ErrorKind as ArgsErrorKind;
 use clap::Parser;
-use nix::unistd;
 
 use crate::cmd::{App, Run};
 use crate::config::Config;
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ fn wrap_result<T>(result: Result<T>, message: &str, error_code: i32) -> T {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    let mut args: Vec<OsString> = env::args_os().collect();
+    let args: Vec<OsString> = env::args_os().collect();
     let allow_non_tty = args
         .get(1)
         .is_some_and(|arg| arg.to_str().is_some_and(is_embed_command));
@@ -66,20 +65,6 @@ fn main() {
     // It is safe to set this since all the colored texts will be printed to stderr.
     console::set_colors_enabled(true);
 
-    // TODO: Support Windows
-    if unistd::getuid().is_root() {
-        match args.iter().position(|arg| arg == "--allow-root-privieges") {
-            Some(pos) => {
-                warn!("Launching roxide with root privileges can destroy your system, it is strongly not recommended to do this");
-                args.remove(pos);
-            }
-            None => {
-                error!("Launching roxide with root privileges is not allowed (HINT: You can add `--allow-root-privieges` to omit this check)");
-                process::exit(errors::CODE_ROOT_PRIVILEGES);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     let app = match App::try_parse_from(args) {
         Ok(app) => app,
         Err(err) => {