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-rw-r--r--src/copy.c8
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
index 645b90b46..a6f6ec54e 100644
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -1157,14 +1157,6 @@ copy_internal (char const *src_name, char const *dst_name,
if (x->move_mode)
{
- /* In move_mode, DEST may not be an existing directory. */
- if (S_ISDIR (dst_sb.st_mode) && x->backup_type == no_backups)
- {
- error (0, 0, _("cannot overwrite directory %s"),
- quote (dst_name));
- return false;
- }
-
/* Don't allow user to move a directory onto a non-directory. */
if (S_ISDIR (src_sb.st_mode) && !S_ISDIR (dst_sb.st_mode)
&& x->backup_type == no_backups)