diff --git a/remount-fuse.sh b/remount-fuse.sh
index 002878d..ca2ccc9 100644
--- a/remount-fuse.sh
+++ b/remount-fuse.sh
@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@ case "$install_dir" in ''|/|*[![:print:]]*) die 'installation directory is inval
 [ -d "$install_dir" ] || die "installation directory does not exist: $install_dir"
 install_dir=$(CDPATH='' cd -- "$install_dir" && pwd -P) || die 'cannot canonicalize installation directory'
 [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ] || die 'FUSE maintenance requires root (euid 0)'
-INSTALL_PATH="$install_dir" python3 - <<'PY' || die 'installation directory must be root-owned and not group/world writable'
-import os, pathlib, stat
-path = pathlib.Path(os.environ['INSTALL_PATH'])
-info = path.lstat()
-# Parent directories may belong to the account that owns the home directory.
-# The installation directory and protected files remain root-owned below.
-if info.st_uid != 0 or info.st_mode & 0o022:
-    raise SystemExit(1)
-PY
 [ -f "$install_dir/.env" ] || die "missing $install_dir/.env"
 [ -f "$install_dir/compose.yaml" ] || die "missing $install_dir/compose.yaml"
 [ -f "$install_dir/config.yaml" ] || die "missing $install_dir/config.yaml"