1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c b/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
index 42255070c..97ce70f9c 100644
--- a/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
+++ b/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ char *fs_check_hosts_file(const char *fname) {
         invalid_filename(fname);
         char *rv = expand_home(fname, cfg.homedir);
 
-        // no a link
-        if (is_link(rv))
-                goto errexit;
-
         // the user has read access to the file
         if (access(rv, R_OK))
                 goto errexit;