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diff --git a/support/support_become_root.c b/support/support_become_root.c
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--- a/support/support_become_root.c
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@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/* Acquire root privileges.
-   Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <support/namespace.h>
-
-#include <sched.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-bool
-support_become_root (void)
-{
-#ifdef CLONE_NEWUSER
-  if (unshare (CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNS) == 0)
-    /* Even if we do not have UID zero, we have extended privileges at
-       this point.  */
-    return true;
-#endif
-  if (setuid (0) != 0)
-    {
-      printf ("warning: could not become root outside namespace (%m)\n");
-      return false;
-    }
-  return true;
-}