--- secutil.c
+++ secutil.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
   {
     vsf_sysutil_set_no_procs();
   }
+#if  0
   /* Misconfiguration check: don't ever chroot() to a directory writable by
    * the current user.
    */
@@ -140,5 +141,6 @@
       die("vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()");
     }
   }
+#endif
 }