--- mousepad-git-a1bf02800.old/mousepad/mousepad-window.c
+++ mousepad-git-a1bf02800/mousepad/mousepad-window.c
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@
 mousepad_window_create_root_warning (MousepadWindow *window)
 {
   /* check if we need to add the root warning */
-  if (G_UNLIKELY (geteuid () == 0))
+  if (0 && G_UNLIKELY (geteuid () == 0))
     {
       GtkWidget       *ebox, *label, *separator;
       GtkCssProvider  *provider;