2 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/lib/utils_cmd.c b/lib/utils_cmd.c
index 8b8e5708..34fb3909 100644
--- a/lib/utils_cmd.c
+++ b/lib/utils_cmd.c
@@ -118,10 +118,6 @@ _cmd_open (char *const *argv, int *pfd, int *pfderr)
 
         int i = 0;
 
-        /* if no command was passed, return with no error */
-        if (argv == NULL)
-                return -1;
-
         if (!_cmd_pids)
                 CMD_INIT;
 
diff --git a/plugins/runcmd.c b/plugins/runcmd.c
index 1bd2ca1f..ff1987fd 100644
--- a/plugins/runcmd.c
+++ b/plugins/runcmd.c
@@ -114,10 +114,6 @@ np_runcmd_open(const char *cmdstring, int *pfd, int *pfderr)
         env[0] = strdup("LC_ALL=C");
         env[1] = '\0';
 
-        /* if no command was passed, return with no error */
-        if (cmdstring == NULL)
-                return -1;
-
         /* make copy of command string so strtok() doesn't silently modify it */
         /* (the calling program may want to access it later) */
         cmdlen = strlen(cmdstring);