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diff --git a/archival/rpm.c b/archival/rpm.c
index 4d723b73f..0b7741a15 100644
--- a/archival/rpm.c
+++ b/archival/rpm.c
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ static void extract_cpio_gz(int fd)
                                 USE_FEATURE_RPM_BZ2("/bzip")
                                 " magic");
         } else {
-                check_header_gzip_or_die(archive_handle->src_fd);
 #if !BB_MMU
                 /* NOMMU version of open_transformer execs an external unzipper that should
                  * have the file position at the start of the file */