diff --git a/src/command-line/add.js b/src/command-line/add.js
index 7f335d8f..d4c47124 100644
--- a/src/command-line/add.js
+++ b/src/command-line/add.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 var ClientManager = new require("../clientManager");
 var bcrypt = require("bcrypt-nodejs");
-var fs = require("fs");
 var program = require("commander");
 var mkdirp = require("mkdirp");
 var Helper = require("../helper");
@@ -12,17 +11,6 @@ program
 		try {
 			mkdirp.sync(Helper.USERS_PATH);
 		} catch (e) {
-			log.error("Could not create", Helper.USERS_PATH);
-			log.info("Try running the command as sudo.");
-			return;
-		}
-		try {
-			var test = require("path").join(Helper.USERS_PATH, ".test");
-			fs.mkdirSync(test);
-			fs.rmdirSync(test);
-		} catch (e) {
-			log.error("You have no permissions to write to", Helper.USERS_PATH);
-			log.info("Try running the command as sudo.");
 			log.error("Could not create", Helper.USERS_PATH);
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/src/command-line/remove.js b/src/command-line/remove.js
index d6f383e6..0d3b2ce9 100644
--- a/src/command-line/remove.js
+++ b/src/command-line/remove.js
@@ -1,21 +1,10 @@
 var ClientManager = new require("../clientManager");
-var fs = require("fs");
 var program = require("commander");
-var Helper = require("../helper");
 
 program
 	.command("remove <name>")
 	.description("Remove an existing user")
 	.action(function(name) {
-		try {
-			var test = require("path").join(Helper.USERS_PATH, ".test");
-			fs.mkdirSync(test);
-			fs.rmdirSync(test);
-		} catch (e) {
-			log.warn("You have no permissions to delete from " + Helper.USERS_PATH);
-			log.info("Try running the command as sudo.");
-			return;
-		}
 		var manager = new ClientManager();
 		if (manager.removeUser(name)) {
 			log.info("Removed user '" + name + "'.");