diff --git a/cde/lib/DtSearch/raima/startup.c b/cde/lib/DtSearch/raima/startup.c
index 0d6963a7a..573035492 100644
--- a/cde/lib/DtSearch/raima/startup.c
+++ b/cde/lib/DtSearch/raima/startup.c
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ int startup(int dbn)
       taskinit(&db_global);
       db_glob_init = 1;
    }
-   if ( dbn >= 0 && dbn_check(dbn) != S_OKAY ) {
-      return( db_status );
-   }
+
    return( db_status );
 }
 /* vpp -nOS2 -dUNIX -nBSD -nVANILLA_BSD -nVMS -nMEMLOCK -nWINDOWS -nFAR_ALLOC -f/usr/users/master/config/nonwin startup.c */