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For the first time in al­most 20 years, trav­ellers may no longer be re­quired to take off their shoes dur­ing se­cu­ri­ty screen­ings at U.S. air­ports.

The Trans­porta­tion Se­cu­ri­ty Ad­min­is­tra­tion is look­ing to aban­don the ad­di­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty step that has for years be­dev­illed any­one pass­ing through U.S air­ports, ac­cord­ing to me­dia re­ports.

If im­ple­ment­ed, it would put an end to a se­cu­ri­ty screen­ing man­date put in place al­most 20 years ago, sev­er­al years af­ter “shoe bomber” Richard Reid’s failed at­tempt to take down a flight from Paris to Mi­a­mi in late 2001.