1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c b/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
index 97ce70f9c..b22870713 100644
--- a/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
+++ b/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
@@ -154,9 +154,6 @@ void fs_mount_hosts_file(void) {
         struct stat s;
         if (stat("/etc/hosts", &s) == -1)
                 goto errexit;
-        // not a link
-        if (is_link("/etc/hosts"))
-                goto errexit;
         // owned by root
         if (s.st_uid != 0)
                 goto errexit;