diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index dcce74bae6dede6549643832e63fcb06ec8c97ce..01f2c7385e386dbff680640e662d0152b34af879 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1537,17 +1537,6 @@ int dso__load(struct dso *dso, struct map *map)
 	dso->adjust_symbols = 0;
 
 	if (perfmap) {
-		struct stat st;
-
-		if (lstat(map_path, &st) < 0)
-			goto out;
-
-		if (!symbol_conf.force && st.st_uid && (st.st_uid != geteuid())) {
-			pr_warning("File %s not owned by current user or root, "
-				   "ignoring it (use -f to override).\n", map_path);
-			goto out;
-		}
-
 		ret = dso__load_perf_map(map_path, dso);
 		dso->symtab_type = ret > 0 ? DSO_BINARY_TYPE__JAVA_JIT :
 					     DSO_BINARY_TYPE__NOT_FOUND;