diff --git a/src/backend/commands/amcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/amcmds.c
index b884bfa0b0..881ced411d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/amcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/amcmds.c
@@ -124,11 +124,6 @@ RemoveAccessMethodById(Oid amOid)
 	Relation	relation;
 	HeapTuple	tup;
 
-	if (!superuser())
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
-				 errmsg("must be superuser to drop access methods")));
-
 	relation = table_open(AccessMethodRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
 
 	tup = SearchSysCache1(AMOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(amOid));