diff -Naur dolphin-17.04.0.old/src/main.cpp dolphin-17.04.0/src/main.cpp
--- dolphin-17.04.0.old/src/main.cpp	2017-04-25 02:44:57.440557635 -0400
+++ dolphin-17.04.0/src/main.cpp	2017-04-25 02:45:22.535328410 -0400
@@ -35,21 +35,8 @@
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <Kdelibs4ConfigMigrator>
 
-#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
-#include <unistd.h>
-#endif
-#include <iostream>
-
 extern "C" Q_DECL_EXPORT int kdemain(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
-    // Check whether we are running as root
-    if (getuid() == 0) {
-        std::cout << "Executing Dolphin as root is not possible." << std::endl;
-        return EXIT_FAILURE;
-    }
-#endif
-
     QApplication app(argc, argv);
     app.setAttribute(Qt::AA_UseHighDpiPixmaps, true);
     app.setWindowIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("system-file-manager"), app.windowIcon()));