1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/__init__.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/__init__.py
index 0515f2a5e9..ac698a0d1c 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/__init__.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/__init__.py
@@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ class Fetch(object):
         d Is a bb.data instance
         tarfn is the name of the tarball
         """
-        tarpath = os.path.join(data.getVar("DL_DIR", d, 1), tarfn)
-        if os.access(tarpath, os.R_OK):
-            return True
-
         pn = data.getVar('PN', d, True)
         src_tarball_stash = None
         if pn: