1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

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);