--- a/secutil.c
+++ b/secutil.c
@@ -129,16 +129,5 @@ vsf_secutil_change_credentials(const str
   {
     vsf_sysutil_set_no_procs();
   }
-  /* Misconfiguration check: don't ever chroot() to a directory writable by
-   * the current user.
-   */
-  if ((options & VSF_SECUTIL_OPTION_CHROOT) &&
-      !(options & VSF_SECUTIL_OPTION_ALLOW_WRITEABLE_ROOT))
-  {
-    if (vsf_sysutil_write_access("/"))
-    {
-      die("vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()");
-    }
-  }
 }