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diff --git a/contrib/torctl.in b/contrib/torctl.in
index 4136bd9434..4cc137da46 100644
--- a/contrib/torctl.in
+++ b/contrib/torctl.in
@@ -41,22 +41,18 @@ TORDATA="@LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/tor"
TORARGS="--pidfile $PIDFILE --log \"notice file $LOGFILE\" --runasdaemon 1"
TORARGS="$TORARGS --datadirectory $TORDATA"
-# If user and group names are set in the environment, then use them;
+# If user name is set in the environment, then use it;
# otherwise run as the invoking user (or whatever user the config
# file says)... unless the invoking user is root. The idea here is to
# let an unprivileged user run tor for her own use using this script,
# while still providing for it to be used as a system daemon.
if [ "x`id -u`" = "x0" ]; then
TORUSER=@TORUSER@
- TORGROUP=@TORGROUP@
fi
if [ "x$TORUSER" != "x" ]; then
TORARGS="$TORARGS --user $TORUSER"
fi
-if [ "x$TORGROUP" != "x" ]; then
- TORARGS="$TORARGS --group $TORGROUP"
-fi
# We no longer wrap the Tor daemon startup in an su when running as
# root, because it's too painful to make the use of su portable.