diff --git a/tools/cleanup-containers b/tools/cleanup-containers
index 8e6c7ff31f..efdd843760 100755
--- a/tools/cleanup-containers
+++ b/tools/cleanup-containers
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Check if user is root
-if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
-    echo "You must execute this script as root." 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 # Move to top level directory
 REAL_PATH=$(python -c "import os,sys;print os.path.realpath('$0')")
 cd "$(dirname "$REAL_PATH")/.."
diff --git a/tools/kolla b/tools/kolla
index 62193d9d92..e0965a0d17 100755
--- a/tools/kolla
+++ b/tools/kolla
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 #
 # This script can be used to interact with kolla.
 
-if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
-    echo "You must execute this script as root." 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 # Move to top level directory
 REAL_PATH=$(python -c "import os,sys;print os.path.realpath('$0')")
 cd "$(dirname "$REAL_PATH")/.."