diff --git a/src/includes/rc-misc.h b/src/includes/rc-misc.h
index e6789911..d05255f4 100644
--- a/src/includes/rc-misc.h
+++ b/src/includes/rc-misc.h
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ int parse_mode(mode_t *, char *);
 /* Handy function so we can wrap einfo around our deptree */
 RC_DEPTREE *_rc_deptree_load (int, int *);
 
-/* Test to see if we can see pid 1 or not */
-bool _rc_can_find_pids(void);
-
 RC_SERVICE lookup_service_state(const char *service);
 void from_time_t(char *time_string, time_t tv);
 time_t to_time_t(char *timestring);
diff --git a/src/rc/do_service.c b/src/rc/do_service.c
index a36a09ca..5d78e8df 100644
--- a/src/rc/do_service.c
+++ b/src/rc/do_service.c
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		ok = rc_service_started_daemon(service, exec, NULL, idx);
 
 	} else if (strcmp(applet, "service_crashed") == 0) {
-		ok = (_rc_can_find_pids() &&
-		    rc_service_daemons_crashed(service) &&
-		    errno != EACCES);
+		ok = ( rc_service_daemons_crashed(service) && errno != EACCES);
 	} else
 		eerrorx("%s: unknown applet", applet);
 
diff --git a/src/rc/rc-misc.c b/src/rc/rc-misc.c
index 50c09747..e933409f 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc-misc.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc-misc.c
@@ -411,34 +411,6 @@ RC_DEPTREE * _rc_deptree_load(int force, int *regen)
 	return rc_deptree_load();
 }
 
-bool _rc_can_find_pids(void)
-{
-	RC_PIDLIST *pids;
-	RC_PID *pid;
-	RC_PID *pid2;
-	bool retval = false;
-
-	if (geteuid() == 0)
-		return true;
-
-	/* If we cannot see process 1, then we don't test to see if
-	 * services crashed or not */
-	pids = rc_find_pids(NULL, NULL, 0, 1);
-	if (pids) {
-		pid = LIST_FIRST(pids);
-		if (pid) {
-			retval = true;
-			while (pid) {
-				pid2 = LIST_NEXT(pid, entries);
-				free(pid);
-				pid = pid2;
-			}
-		}
-		free(pids);
-	}
-	return retval;
-}
-
 static const struct {
 	const char * const name;
 	RC_SERVICE bit;
diff --git a/src/rc/rc-status.c b/src/rc/rc-status.c
index d29f876a..ab80d901 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc-status.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc-status.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ const char *usagestring = ""						\
 	"Usage: rc-status [options] <runlevel>...\n"		\
 	"   or: rc-status [options] [-a | -c | -l | -m | -r | -s | -u]";
 
-static bool test_crashed = false;
 static RC_DEPTREE *deptree;
 static RC_STRINGLIST *types;
 
@@ -145,9 +144,7 @@ print_service(const char *service)
 		color = ECOLOR_WARN;
 	} else if (state & RC_SERVICE_STARTED) {
 		errno = 0;
-		if (test_crashed &&
-		    rc_service_daemons_crashed(service) &&
-		    errno != EACCES)
+		if (rc_service_daemons_crashed(service) && errno != EACCES)
 		{
 			child_pid = rc_service_value_get(service, "child_pid");
 			start_time = rc_service_value_get(service, "start_time");
@@ -240,8 +237,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char *p, *runlevel = NULL;
 	int opt, retval = 0;
 
-	test_crashed = _rc_can_find_pids();
-
 	applet = basename_c(argv[0]);
 	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, getoptstring, longopts,
 				  (int *) 0)) != -1)