diff --git a/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.cpp b/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.cpp
index 41a6e6e..b3b497f 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.cpp
+++ b/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.cpp
@@ -229,11 +229,9 @@
 
 static bool WriteRcFile(const std::map<std::string, CgroupDescriptor>& descriptors) {
     std::string cgroup_rc_path = StringPrintf("%s/%s", CGROUPS_RC_DIR, CgroupMap::CGROUPS_RC_FILE);
-    // Let init keep the FD open to prevent file mappings from becoming invalid
-    // in case the file gets deleted somehow
-    static unique_fd fd(TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(cgroup_rc_path.c_str(),
-                                                O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CLOEXEC,
-                                                S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH)));
+    unique_fd fd(TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(cgroup_rc_path.c_str(),
+                                         O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CLOEXEC,
+                                         S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH)));
     if (fd < 0) {
         PLOG(ERROR) << "open() failed for " << cgroup_rc_path;
         return false;
@@ -414,19 +412,6 @@
 bool CgroupMap::SetupCgroups() {
     std::map<std::string, CgroupDescriptor> descriptors;
 
-    if (getpid() != 1) {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "Cgroup setup can be done only by init process";
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    // Make sure we do this only one time. No need for std::call_once because
-    // init is a single-threaded process
-    static bool setup_done = false;
-    if (setup_done) {
-        LOG(WARNING) << "Attempt to call SetupCgroups more than once";
-        return true;
-    }
-
     // load cgroups.json file
     if (!ReadDescriptors(&descriptors)) {
         LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to load cgroup description file";
@@ -464,7 +449,6 @@
         return false;
     }
 
-    setup_done = true;
     return true;
 }