diff --git a/Cassandane/Util/Setup.pm b/Cassandane/Util/Setup.pm
index 3a67f0b..5a81e51 100644
--- a/Cassandane/Util/Setup.pm
+++ b/Cassandane/Util/Setup.pm
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ my @saved_argv = @ARGV;
 
 sub become_cyrus
 {
+    return 0;
     my $cyrus = 'cyrus';
     my $pw = getpwnam($cyrus);
     die "No user named '$cyrus'"