diff --git a/etc/pam/mrlogin b/etc/pam/mrlogin
index 9906294..19d4a49 100644
--- a/etc/pam/mrlogin
+++ b/etc/pam/mrlogin
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # For root login to succeed here with pam_securetty, "mrlogin" must be
 # listed in /etc/securetty.
 auth       requisite    pam_nologin.so
-auth       required     pam_localuser.so
 auth       required     pam_shells.so
 auth       required     pam_securetty.so
 account    include      system-auth
diff --git a/etc/pam/mrsh b/etc/pam/mrsh
index 10ba9db..ce00878 100644
--- a/etc/pam/mrsh
+++ b/etc/pam/mrsh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # For root login to succeed here with pam_securetty, "mrsh" must be
 # listed in /etc/securetty.
 auth       requisite    pam_nologin.so
-auth       required     pam_localuser.so
 auth       required     pam_shells.so
 auth       required     pam_securetty.so
 account    include      system-auth