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diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c b/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c
index ff075678b..d66da14eb 100644
--- a/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c
+++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c
@@ -184,9 +184,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
if (stat(device, &statbuf) < 0)
err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("stat of %s failed"), device);
- if (!S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode))
- errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("%s is not a block special device"), device);
-
fd = open_blkdev_or_file(&statbuf, device, O_RDWR);
if (fd < 0)
err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("cannot open %s"), device);