diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Extensions/ProcessExtensions.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Extensions/ProcessExtensions.cs
index 732423803a..e9d84a015a 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Extensions/ProcessExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Extensions/ProcessExtensions.cs
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ public static class ProcessExtensions
 
         public static void EnsureHighPriority(this Process process, ILogger logger)
         {
-            // Process.set_PriorityClass requires root on Unix
-            if (!OsDetector.IsWindows())
-                return;
-
             try
             {
                 process.PriorityClass = ProcessPriorityClass.High;
@@ -67,10 +63,6 @@ public static bool TrySetPriority(
             if (logger == null)
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
 
-            // Process.set_PriorityClass requires root on Unix
-            if (!OsDetector.IsWindows())
-                return false;
-
             try
             {
                 process.PriorityClass = priority;