diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0a5d8ef..d5be4ff 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ Corrections:
 	handling of ancilliary messages, so it is able to analyze ICMP error
 	packets (Linux only?)
 
+	Setgui(), Setuid() calls in xio-progcall.c were useless.
+
 Testing:
 	Prevent the TIMESTAMP tests from sporadically failing due do seconds
 	overflow
diff --git a/xio-progcall.c b/xio-progcall.c
index bcb7d34..65cf3b3 100644
--- a/xio-progcall.c
+++ b/xio-progcall.c
@@ -417,9 +417,6 @@ int _xioopen_foxec(int xioflags,	/* XIO_RDONLY etc. */
       }
    }
    if (!withfork || pid == 0) {	/* child */
-      uid_t user;
-      gid_t group;
-
       if (withfork) {
 	 /* The child should have default handling for SIGCHLD. */
 	 /* In particular, it's not defined whether ignoring SIGCHLD is inheritable. */
@@ -548,13 +545,6 @@ int _xioopen_foxec(int xioflags,	/* XIO_RDONLY etc. */
 	 applyopts(-1, *copts, PH_LATE2);
       }
       _xioopen_setdelayeduser();
-      /* set group before user - maybe you are not permitted afterwards */
-      if (retropt_gidt(*copts, OPT_SETGID, &group) >= 0) {
-	 Setgid(group);
-      }
-      if (retropt_uidt(*copts, OPT_SETUID, &user) >= 0) {
-	 Setuid(user);
-      }
       if (withstderr) {
 	 *duptostderr = fdo;
       } else {