diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/dialog-select-server.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/dialog-select-server.tsx
index 7504eb86fa..b51431c93f 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/dialog-select-server.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/dialog-select-server.tsx
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ export function DialogSelectServer(props: DialogSelectServerProps = {}) {
     },
     onSuccess: async (key) => {
       server.remove(key)
-      if (defaultServer.defaultKey() === key) await defaultServer.setDefault(null)
     },
     onError: (err) => showRequestError(language, err),
   }))
@@ -607,7 +606,7 @@ export function DialogSelectServer(props: DialogSelectServerProps = {}) {
               const wsl = isWslSidecar(i)
               const wslDistro = wsl ? i.distro : undefined
               const blocked = () => health(key)?.healthy === false
-              const canChangeDefault = () => defaultServer.canDefault() && i.type !== "ssh"
+              const canChangeDefault = () => defaultServer.canDefault() && i.type === "http"
               const canRemove = () => i.type === "http" || wsl
               const opencodeAction = () => {
                 const check = wslCheck(i)
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/dialog-wsl-server.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/dialog-wsl-server.tsx
index 9fdd85b663..99ff342beb 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/dialog-wsl-server.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/dialog-wsl-server.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function DialogWslServer(props: DialogWslServerProps = {}) {
   const distroWarningProbe = createMemo(() => {
     const probe = selectedProbe()
     if (!probe) return null
-    if (distroReady() && !probe.isRoot) return null
+    if (distroReady()) return null
     return probe
   })
   const distroUnavailableMessage = createMemo(() => {
@@ -453,8 +453,7 @@ export function DialogWslServer(props: DialogWslServerProps = {}) {
                 when={
                   selectedInstalled()?.version === 1 ||
                   distroUnavailableMessage() ||
-                  distroMissingTools() ||
-                  distroWarningProbe()?.isRoot
+                  distroMissingTools()
                 }
               >
                 <div class="rounded-md border border-border-weak-base px-3 py-3 flex flex-col gap-1">
@@ -467,11 +466,6 @@ export function DialogWslServer(props: DialogWslServerProps = {}) {
                   <Show when={distroMissingTools()}>
                     <div class="text-12-regular text-text-warning-base">This distro needs bash and curl.</div>
                   </Show>
-                  <Show when={distroWarningProbe()?.isRoot}>
-                    <div class="text-12-regular text-text-warning-base">
-                      This distro is using the root user right now.
-                    </div>
-                  </Show>
                 </div>
               </Show>
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/context/platform.tsx b/packages/app/src/context/platform.tsx
index 928ed5ee2e..64b664393b 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/context/platform.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/context/platform.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ export type WslDistroProbe = {
   canExecute: boolean
   hasBash: boolean
   hasCurl: boolean
-  isRoot: boolean | null
   error: string | null
 }
 export type WslOpencodeCheck = {
diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/wsl.ts b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/wsl.ts
index b8267bc77d..7fb3a23cbd 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/wsl.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/wsl.ts
@@ -348,24 +348,20 @@ export async function probeWslDistro(name: string, opts?: RunWslOptions): Promis
       canExecute: false,
       hasBash: false,
       hasCurl: false,
-      isRoot: null,
       error: summarize(executable.stderr || executable.stdout) || "Cannot execute commands in distro",
     }
   }
 
-  const [bash, curl, user] = await Promise.all([
+  const [bash, curl] = await Promise.all([
     runWslSh("command -v bash >/dev/null && printf yes || printf no", name, opts),
     runWslSh("command -v curl >/dev/null && printf yes || printf no", name, opts),
-    runWslSh("id -un 2>/dev/null || true", name, opts),
   ])
 
-  const username = summarize(user.stdout)
   return {
     name,
     canExecute: true,
     hasBash: bash.code === 0 && summarize(bash.stdout) === "yes",
     hasCurl: curl.code === 0 && summarize(curl.stdout) === "yes",
-    isRoot: username ? username === "root" : null,
     error: null,
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/types.ts b/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/types.ts
index b8bb7790b1..34fd5be6aa 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/types.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/types.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export type WslDistroProbe = {
   canExecute: boolean
   hasBash: boolean
   hasCurl: boolean
-  isRoot: boolean | null
   error: string | null
 }
 export type WslOpencodeCheck = {