diff --git a/games/cribbage/instr.c b/games/cribbage/instr.c
index 5df7dae6312c..a0414d80e0df 100644
--- a/games/cribbage/instr.c
+++ b/games/cribbage/instr.c
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ instructions()
 		if (pager = rindex(path, '/'))
 			++pager;
 		pager = path;
-		if (setuid(getuid()) < 0) {
-			(void)fprintf(stderr, "cribbage: unable to setuid\n");
-			_exit(1);
-		}
 		execlp(path, pager, _PATH_INSTR, (char *)NULL);
 		(void)fprintf(stderr, "cribbage: %s.\n", strerror(errno));
 		_exit(1);