diff -Naur dolphin-18.08.0/src/main.cpp dolphin-18.08.0-p/src/main.cpp
--- dolphin-18.08.0/src/main.cpp	2018-08-06 22:41:40.000000000 +0200
+++ dolphin-18.08.0-p/src/main.cpp	2018-08-20 12:47:05.819866374 +0200
@@ -42,18 +42,6 @@
 
 extern "C" Q_DECL_EXPORT int kdemain(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
-    // Prohibit using sudo or kdesu (but allow using the root user directly)
-    if (getuid() == 0) {
-        if (!qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("SUDO_USER")) {
-            std::cout << "Executing Dolphin with sudo is not possible due to unfixable security vulnerabilities." << std::endl;
-            return EXIT_FAILURE;
-        } else if (!qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("KDESU_USER")) {
-            std::cout << "Executing Dolphin with kdesu is not possible due to unfixable security vulnerabilities." << std::endl;
-            return EXIT_FAILURE;
-        }
-    }
-#endif
 
     QApplication app(argc, argv);
     app.setAttribute(Qt::AA_UseHighDpiPixmaps, true);