diff --git a/src/backends/unix/system.c b/src/backends/unix/system.c
index a23582bd..13e6a326 100644
--- a/src/backends/unix/system.c
+++ b/src/backends/unix/system.c
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ extern FILE	*logfile;
 static qboolean
 CompareAttributes(char *path, char *name, unsigned musthave, unsigned canthave)
 {
-	struct stat st;
-	char fn[MAX_OSPATH];
-
 	/* . and .. never match */
 	if ((strcmp(name, ".") == 0) || (strcmp(name, "..") == 0))
 	{
@@ -75,23 +72,6 @@ CompareAttributes(char *path, char *name, unsigned musthave, unsigned canthave)
 	}
 
 	return true;
-
-	if (stat(fn, &st) == -1)
-	{
-		return false; /* shouldn't happen */
-	}
-
-	if ((st.st_mode & S_IFDIR) && (canthave & SFF_SUBDIR))
-	{
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	if ((musthave & SFF_SUBDIR) && !(st.st_mode & S_IFDIR))
-	{
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	return true;
 }
 
 void