1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/chmod_chown_chgrp.c b/chmod_chown_chgrp.c
index a458cf77a..4fc986904 100644
--- a/chmod_chown_chgrp.c
+++ b/chmod_chown_chgrp.c
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ int chmod_chown_chgrp_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         gid = strtoul(groupName, &p, 10);       /* maybe it's already numeric */
                         if (groupName == p)
                                 gid = my_getgrnam(groupName);
-                        if (gid == -1)
-                                goto bad_group;
                 } else {
                         groupName = strchr(*argv, '.');
                         if (groupName == NULL)
@@ -133,8 +131,6 @@ int chmod_chown_chgrp_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                 gid = strtoul(groupName, &p, 10);
                                 if (groupName == p)
                                         gid = my_getgrnam(groupName);
-                                if (gid == -1)
-                                        goto bad_group;
                         } else
                                 gid = -1;
                 }
@@ -145,9 +141,6 @@ int chmod_chown_chgrp_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         uid = strtoul(*argv, &p, 10);   /* if numeric ... */
                         if (*argv == p)
                                 uid = my_getpwnam(*argv);
-                        if (uid == -1) {
-                                error_msg_and_die( "unknown user name: %s", *argv);
-                        }
                 }
         }
 
@@ -162,8 +155,6 @@ int chmod_chown_chgrp_main(int argc, char **argv)
         }
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
-  bad_group:
-        error_msg_and_die( "unknown group name: %s", groupName);
 }
 
 /*