diff --git a/news-cancel b/news-cancel
index 3deda2f5..5345fa7c 100755
--- a/news-cancel
+++ b/news-cancel
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ CANCEL () {
 
 	
 	
-if [[ "X$UID" == "X0" ]]
+if [ $UID -eq 0 ]
 then
 	case $1 in
 		\<*@*\>)