diff --git a/byobu b/byobu
index 6943e15b..055aaef4 100755
--- a/byobu
+++ b/byobu
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ if [ "$#" = "1" ] && [ "$1" = "-v" ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-# Nesting byobu inside of screen doesn't work well
-if [ -n "$STY" ] || [ "$TERM" = "screen-bce" ]; then
-	echo `gettext "Exit the current screen session to run $PKG"`
-	exit 1
-fi
-
 # Sanitize the environment
 byobu-janitor --force
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 65442a99..3a88002e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ byobu (2.46) unreleased; urgency=low
   * bin/logo, bin/release: when looking at /etc/issue, grab the first
     line that starts with a real letter rather than control character,
     LP: #432751
+  * byobu: deprecate code that prevented nested byobu sessions; this is
+    is actually quite useful, although you should choose different
+    escape sequences for each nested host, LP: #403988
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:53:14 -0600