diff --git a/hal/src/main/native/athena/Threads.cpp b/hal/src/main/native/athena/Threads.cpp
index f7afa91992..aa55b56945 100644
--- a/hal/src/main/native/athena/Threads.cpp
+++ b/hal/src/main/native/athena/Threads.cpp
@@ -6,42 +6,9 @@
 
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <sched.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include <cerrno>
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <system_error>
-
-#include <fmt/format.h>
 
 #include "hal/Errors.h"
 
-namespace {
-class UidSetter {
- public:
-  explicit UidSetter(uid_t uid) {
-    m_uid = geteuid();
-    if (uid == 0 && setuid(uid) == -1) {
-      throw std::system_error(errno, std::generic_category(),
-                              fmt::format("setuid({}) failed", uid));
-    } else if (uid != 0 && seteuid(uid) == -1) {
-      throw std::system_error(errno, std::generic_category(),
-                              fmt::format("seteuid({}) failed", uid));
-    }
-  }
-
-  ~UidSetter() noexcept(false) {
-    if (geteuid() != m_uid && seteuid(m_uid) == -1) {
-      throw std::system_error(errno, std::generic_category(),
-                              fmt::format("seteuid({}) failed", m_uid));
-    }
-  }
-
- private:
-  uid_t m_uid;
-};
-}  // namespace
-
 namespace hal::init {
 void InitializeThreads() {}
 }  // namespace hal::init
@@ -104,20 +71,13 @@ HAL_Bool HAL_SetThreadPriority(NativeThreadHandle handle, HAL_Bool realTime,
     sch.sched_priority = 0;
   }
 
-  try {
-    UidSetter uidSetter{0};
-
-    if (pthread_setschedparam(*reinterpret_cast<const pthread_t*>(handle),
-                              scheduler, &sch)) {
-      *status = HAL_THREAD_PRIORITY_ERROR;
-      return false;
-    } else {
-      *status = 0;
-      return true;
-    }
-  } catch (const std::system_error& e) {
-    *status = HAL_SETUID_ERROR;
+  if (pthread_setschedparam(*reinterpret_cast<const pthread_t*>(handle),
+                            scheduler, &sch)) {
+    *status = HAL_THREAD_PRIORITY_ERROR;
     return false;
+  } else {
+    *status = 0;
+    return true;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/hal/src/main/native/include/hal/Errors.h b/hal/src/main/native/include/hal/Errors.h
index 724a60c19d..5da75d956c 100644
--- a/hal/src/main/native/include/hal/Errors.h
+++ b/hal/src/main/native/include/hal/Errors.h
@@ -135,9 +135,6 @@
 #define HAL_USE_LAST_ERROR_MESSAGE \
   "HAL: Use HAL_GetLastError(status) to get last error"
 
-#define HAL_SETUID_ERROR -1157
-#define HAL_SETUID_ERROR_MESSAGE "HAL: Setting the effective user ID has failed"
-
 #define HAL_CAN_BUFFER_OVERRUN -35007
 #define HAL_CAN_BUFFER_OVERRUN_MESSAGE \
   "HAL: CAN Output Buffer Full. Ensure a device is attached"