old qt: Remove conditionals for spell checks

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/dictcli.py b/scripts/dictcli.py
index ebe4e285c..3acfb8fbb 100755
--- a/scripts/dictcli.py
+++ b/scripts/dictcli.py
@@ -216,17 +216,8 @@ def install_lang(lang):
 def install(languages):
     """Install languages."""
     for lang in languages:
-        try:
-            print('Installing {}: {}'.format(lang.code, lang.name))
-            install_lang(lang)
-        except PermissionError as e:
-            msg = ("\n{}\n\nWith Qt < 5.10, you will need to run this script "
-                   "as root, as dictionaries need to be installed "
-                   "system-wide. If your qutebrowser uses a newer Qt version "
-                   "via a virtualenv, make sure you start this script with "
-                   "the virtualenv's Python.".format(e))
-            scriptutils.print_error(msg)
-            sys.exit(1)
+        print('Installing {}: {}'.format(lang.code, lang.name))
+        install_lang(lang)
 
 
 def update(languages):
@@ -250,24 +241,7 @@ def remove_old(languages):
             os.remove(os.path.join(spell.dictionary_dir(), old_file))
 
 
-def check_root():
-    """Ask for confirmation if running as root when unnecessary."""
-    if not utils.is_posix:
-        return
-
-    if spell.can_use_data_path() and os.geteuid() == 0:
-        print("You're running Qt >= 5.10 which means qutebrowser will "
-              "load dictionaries from a path in your home-directory. "
-              "Unless you run qutebrowser as root (bad idea!), you "
-              "most likely want to run this script as your user. ")
-        answer = input("Do you want to continue anyways? [y/N] ")
-        if answer not in ['y', 'Y']:
-            sys.exit(0)
-
-
 def main():
-    check_root()
-
     if configdata.DATA is None:
         configdata.init()
     standarddir.init(None)