diff -ura package.orig/src/utils.js package.new/src/utils.js
--- package.orig/src/utils.js	2019-03-02 03:00:07.393462552 +0100
+++ package.new/src/utils.js	2019-03-02 02:59:53.770016930 +0100
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 const tmp = require('tmp');
 const exec = require('child_process').exec;
 const cp = require('child_process');
-const sudo = require('electron-sudo');
 const winston = require('winston');
 const getos = require('getos');
 const commandExistsSync = require('command-exists').sync;
@@ -387,8 +386,7 @@
 }
 
 var needRoot = () => {
-    if ((os.platform() === "win32") || isSnap()) return false;
-    return !process.env.SUDO_UID
+    return false
 }
 
 var ensureRoot = (m) => {