diff --git a/data/pam-redhat/gdm-fingerprint.pam b/data/pam-redhat/gdm-fingerprint.pam
index 684ac95f049681c47b7c5e1f51cfff5d455fd2bc..c5a35985724c091628ce7916ac119df9485d1fa4 100644
--- a/data/pam-redhat/gdm-fingerprint.pam
+++ b/data/pam-redhat/gdm-fingerprint.pam
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 auth        substack      fingerprint-auth
-auth        required      pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
 auth        include       postlogin
 
 account     required      pam_nologin.so
diff --git a/data/pam-redhat/gdm-password.pam b/data/pam-redhat/gdm-password.pam
index 650534ce026d0cedf5fdabbb8c1a005393abf72c..6e20568f60a43058c886d034c94e1083f902b528 100644
--- a/data/pam-redhat/gdm-password.pam
+++ b/data/pam-redhat/gdm-password.pam
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 auth     [success=done ignore=ignore default=bad] pam_selinux_permit.so
 auth        substack      password-auth
-auth        required      pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
 auth        optional      pam_gnome_keyring.so
 auth        include       postlogin
 
diff --git a/data/pam-redhat/gdm-smartcard.pam b/data/pam-redhat/gdm-smartcard.pam
index 1c8c7b152b3488ded695dea14a2e487a9b07eec4..c91cf0d155f3f73e0984e9aab1a0099882eba973 100644
--- a/data/pam-redhat/gdm-smartcard.pam
+++ b/data/pam-redhat/gdm-smartcard.pam
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 auth        substack      smartcard-auth
-auth        required      pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
 auth        include       postlogin
 
 account     required      pam_nologin.so
diff --git a/data/pam-redhat/gdm.pam b/data/pam-redhat/gdm.pam
index 58c397d91f371079d2bd9666cca0e777fb376108..02baa77e3b5ff3cb55a6119937a26d68bf7a9b78 100644
--- a/data/pam-redhat/gdm.pam
+++ b/data/pam-redhat/gdm.pam
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #%PAM-1.0
 auth       required    pam_env.so
-auth       required    pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
 auth       sufficient  pam_succeed_if.so user ingroup nopasswdlogin
 auth       include     system-auth
 account    required    pam_nologin.so