diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f454d1b..c424934 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
-import os
-import sys
 from setuptools import setup
 
-# Workaround: bdist_wheel doesn't support absolute paths in data_files
-# (see: https://bitbucket.org/pypa/wheel/issues/92). 
-if os.getuid() == 0 and 'bdist_wheel' in sys.argv:
-    raise RuntimeError("This setup.py does not support wheels")
-
 setup(
     setup_requires=[
         'pbr >= 1.9',