1 files changed, 0 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index c8f02e0d6..305d0f0f8 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -162,14 +162,6 @@ unlink (const char *ourname)
       goto done;
     }
 
-  /* Windows won't check the directory mode, so we do that ourselves.  */
-  if (!writable_directory (win32_name))
-    {
-      syscall_printf ("non-writable directory");
-      set_errno (EPERM);
-      goto done;
-    }
-
   bool setattrs;
   if (!((DWORD) win32_name & (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM)))
     setattrs = false;
@@ -1212,13 +1204,6 @@ rename (const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
       return -1;
     }
 
-  if (!writable_directory (real_old) || !writable_directory (real_new))
-    {
-      syscall_printf ("-1 = rename (%s, %s)", oldpath, newpath);
-      set_errno (EACCES);
-      return -1;
-    }
-
   if (!real_old.exists ()) /* file to move doesn't exist */
     {
        syscall_printf ("file to move doesn't exist");