diff --git a/tljh/config.py b/tljh/config.py
index b010297..090b916 100644
--- a/tljh/config.py
+++ b/tljh/config.py
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ def _is_list(item):
 def main(argv=None):
     if os.geteuid() != 0:
         print("It looks like this command wasn't run with root privileges. Perhaps you didn't use `sudo -E`?")
-        raise(SystemExit)
 
     if argv is None:
         argv = sys.argv[1:]