diff --git a/sys/config/X86_64_GENERIC b/sys/config/X86_64_GENERIC
--- a/sys/config/X86_64_GENERIC
+++ b/sys/config/X86_64_GENERIC
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 options 	SCSI_DELAY=5000		#Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
 options		IFPOLL_ENABLE		# Support mixed interrupt-polling
 					# handling of network device drivers
-options 	UCONSOLE		#Allow users to grab the console
 options 	KTRACE			#ktrace(1) support
 options 	_KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
 options 	ICMP_BANDLIM		#Rate limit bad replies
diff --git a/sys/kern/tty.c b/sys/kern/tty.c
--- a/sys/kern/tty.c
+++ b/sys/kern/tty.c
@@ -966,14 +966,12 @@
 				lwkt_reltoken(&tp->t_token);
 				return (EBUSY);
 			}
-#ifndef	UCONSOLE
 			error = caps_priv_check_td(td, SYSCAP_RESTRICTEDROOT);
 			if (error) {
 				lwkt_reltoken(&p->p_token);
 				lwkt_reltoken(&tp->t_token);
 				return (error);
 			}
-#endif
 			constty = tp;
 		} else if (tp == constty)
 			constty = NULL;