diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/despot/commitcheck.templ b/mozilla/webtools/despot/commitcheck.templ
index d78601ad978..784b32bdf3a 100644
--- a/mozilla/webtools/despot/commitcheck.templ
+++ b/mozilla/webtools/despot/commitcheck.templ
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #      ALL	$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/commitcheck.pl
 
 
-my $read_only_users = ' calbld caminobld ffxbld seabld tbirdbld xrbld ';
 
 $debug = 0;
 
@@ -121,10 +120,9 @@ foreach $f (@files) {
             }
         }
     }
-
     if (!$ok) {
         print STDERR "You may not check into partition $fullname{$t}\n";
-        print STDERR "the file $repository/$f on branch $b\n";
+	print STDERR "the file $repository/$f on branch $b\n";
         print STDERR "If you think you should be allowed to, send mail to\n";
         print STDERR "one of the below people:\n";
         $s = $super{$t};
@@ -136,15 +134,4 @@ foreach $f (@files) {
     }
 }
 
-if ($username eq "") {
-    $username = $ENV{"CVS_USER"} || getlogin || (getpwuid($<))[0] || "nobody";
-}
-
-if ($read_only_users =~ m/ $username /) {
-    print STDERR "You may not check into this CVS repository.\n";
-    print STDERR "If you think you should be allowed to, please contact\n";
-    print STDERR "the system administrators at sysadmins@mozilla.org.\n";
-    exit 1;
-}
-
 exit 0;