diff --git a/Guardfile b/Guardfile
index 190fdc0..2486d8a 100644
--- a/Guardfile
+++ b/Guardfile
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # A sample Guardfile
 # More info at https://github.com/guard/guard#readme
 
-raise 'You should start guard from the dev box!' unless ENV['USER'] == 'vagrant'
-
 guard 'bundler' do
   watch('Gemfile')
   watch(/^.+\.gemspec/)
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 396a942..221aec0 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-raise 'This Rakefile is meant to be used from the dev box' unless ENV['USER'] == 'vagrant'
-
 Dir['./tasks/**/*.rake'].each { |f| load f }