--- a/src/bcm2835.c.orig	2021-12-01 08:36:10.000000000 +0100
+++ b/src/bcm2835.c	2022-11-20 18:36:18.529549416 +0100
@@ -2068,46 +2068,7 @@
      */
     memfd = -1;
     ok = 0;
-    if (geteuid() == 0
-#ifdef BCM2835_HAVE_LIBCAP
-	|| bcm2835_has_capability(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)
-#endif
-	)
-    {
-      /* Open the master /dev/mem device */
-      if ((memfd = open("/dev/mem", O_RDWR | O_SYNC) ) < 0) 
-	{
-	  fprintf(stderr, "bcm2835_init: Unable to open /dev/mem: %s\n",
-		  strerror(errno)) ;
-	  goto exit;
-	}
-      
-      /* Base of the peripherals block is mapped to VM */
-      bcm2835_peripherals = mapmem("gpio", bcm2835_peripherals_size, memfd, bcm2835_peripherals_base);
-      if (bcm2835_peripherals == MAP_FAILED) goto exit;
-      
-      /* Now compute the base addresses of various peripherals, 
-      // which are at fixed offsets within the mapped peripherals block
-      // Caution: bcm2835_peripherals is uint32_t*, so divide offsets by 4
-      */
-      bcm2835_gpio = bcm2835_peripherals + BCM2835_GPIO_BASE/4;
-      bcm2835_pwm  = bcm2835_peripherals + BCM2835_GPIO_PWM/4;
-      bcm2835_clk  = bcm2835_peripherals + BCM2835_CLOCK_BASE/4;
-      bcm2835_pads = bcm2835_peripherals + BCM2835_GPIO_PADS/4;
-      bcm2835_spi0 = bcm2835_peripherals + BCM2835_SPI0_BASE/4;
-      bcm2835_bsc0 = bcm2835_peripherals + BCM2835_BSC0_BASE/4; /* I2C */
-      bcm2835_bsc1 = bcm2835_peripherals + BCM2835_BSC1_BASE/4; /* I2C */
-      bcm2835_st   = bcm2835_peripherals + BCM2835_ST_BASE/4;
-      bcm2835_aux  = bcm2835_peripherals + BCM2835_AUX_BASE/4;
-      bcm2835_spi1 = bcm2835_peripherals + BCM2835_SPI1_BASE/4;
-      /* BEB */
-      bcm2835_smi  = bcm2835_peripherals + BCM2835_SMI_BASE/4;
-
 
-      ok = 1;
-    }
-    else
-    {
       /* Not root, try /dev/gpiomem */
       /* Open the master /dev/mem device */
       if ((memfd = open("/dev/gpiomem", O_RDWR | O_SYNC) ) < 0) 
@@ -2123,7 +2084,6 @@
       if (bcm2835_peripherals == MAP_FAILED) goto exit;
       bcm2835_gpio = bcm2835_peripherals;
       ok = 1;
-    }
 
 exit:
     if (memfd >= 0)