diff --git a/update_chroot b/update_chroot
index 19bcd8cec6..a16de44b36 100755
--- a/update_chroot
+++ b/update_chroot
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 # Script must run inside the chroot
 assert_inside_chroot "$@"
 
-# Do not run as root
-assert_not_root_user
-
 # Flags
 DEFINE_boolean usepkg $FLAGS_TRUE \
   "Use binary packages to bootstrap."
@@ -32,9 +29,6 @@ eval set -- "${FLAGS_ARGV}"
 # so will die prematurely if 'set -e' is specified before now.
 set -e
 
-# Run version hooks as pre-update
-${SCRIPTS_DIR}/run_chroot_version_hooks
-
 info "Updating chroot"
 
 EMERGE_FLAGS="-uDNv --with-bdeps=y"