--- pulseaudio-4.0.orig/src/pulsecore/core-util.c	2014-01-12 23:31:26.281525000 -0800
+++ pulseaudio-4.0/src/pulsecore/core-util.c	2014-01-12 23:32:32.977118803 -0800
@@ -1447,10 +1447,6 @@
     if (stat(p, &st) < 0)
         return -errno;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_GETUID
-    if (st.st_uid != getuid() && st.st_uid != 0)
-        return -EACCES;
-#endif

     return 0;
 }