--- src/bin/initdb/initdb.c.orig	2020-03-30 20:56:39.000000000 -0700
+++ src/bin/initdb/initdb.c	2020-03-30 20:56:57.000000000 -0700
@@ -637,25 +637,11 @@
 
 /*
  * find the current user
- *
- * on unix make sure it isn't root
  */
 static char *
 get_id(void)
 {
 	const char *username;
-
-#ifndef WIN32
-	if (geteuid() == 0)			/* 0 is root's uid */
-	{
-		pg_log_error("cannot be run as root");
-		fprintf(stderr,
-				_("Please log in (using, e.g., \"su\") as the (unprivileged) user that will\n"
-				  "own the server process.\n"));
-		exit(1);
-	}
-#endif
-
 	username = get_user_name_or_exit(progname);
 
 	return pg_strdup(username);