Two of my servers don’t have a remotely accessible non-root account because I only log into them to maintain the system. (Which is ok because I don’t need any convenience shell toys for that.)

That said, I recommend to keep the root (and, even more so, toor if it exists) account as unmodified as possible: No non-static shell, no dependencies on external tools. Maintaining the system can and will leave the system in a half-working state at least temporarily.