diff --git a/adb/adb_main.c b/adb/adb_main.c
index 02acae2..57a15dd 100644
--- a/adb/adb_main.c
+++ b/adb/adb_main.c
@@ -108,13 +108,6 @@
 #if defined(ALLOW_ADBD_ROOT)
     char value[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
 
-    // The emulator is never secure, so don't drop privileges there.
-    // TODO: this seems like a bug --- shouldn't the emulator behave like a device?
-    property_get("ro.kernel.qemu", value, "");
-    if (strcmp(value, "1") == 0) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
     // The properties that affect `adb root` and `adb unroot` are ro.secure and
     // ro.debuggable. In this context the names don't make the expected behavior
     // particularly obvious.