diff --git a/Lib/test/test_resource.py b/Lib/test/test_resource.py
index 4b852789be7e44..b07eb73b2aeb71 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_resource.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_resource.py
@@ -147,9 +147,6 @@ def test_freebsd_contants(self):
     @support.requires_linux_version(2, 6, 36)
     def test_prlimit(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, resource.prlimit)
-        if os.geteuid() != 0:
-            self.assertRaises(PermissionError, resource.prlimit,
-                              1, resource.RLIMIT_AS)
         self.assertRaises(ProcessLookupError, resource.prlimit,
                           -1, resource.RLIMIT_AS)
         limit = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_AS)