1 files changed, 0 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/TAO/tao/TAO_Internal.cpp b/TAO/tao/TAO_Internal.cpp
index 8cdfb474b44..d6e8d1eb2e1 100644
--- a/TAO/tao/TAO_Internal.cpp
+++ b/TAO/tao/TAO_Internal.cpp
@@ -99,28 +99,6 @@ TAO_Internal::open_services (int &argc, char **argv)
                 arg_shifter.get_the_parameter ("-ORBSvcConf")))
         {
           // Specify the name of the svc.conf file to be used.
-
-          // Proceeds only if the configuration file exists.
-          FILE* conf_file;
-          if ((conf_file = ACE_OS::fopen (current_arg, "r")) == 0)
-            {
-              // Assigning EINVAL to errno to make an exception thrown.
-              // calling code does not throw an exception if the errno
-              // is set to ENOENT for some reason.
-              errno = EINVAL;
-
-              ACE_ERROR_RETURN ((LM_ERROR, 
-                                 ACE_TEXT ("TAO (%P|%t) Service Configurator ")
-                                 ACE_TEXT ("unable to open file %s\n"), 
-                                           current_arg),
-                                -1);
-                          
-            }
-          else
-            {
-              ACE_OS::fclose (conf_file);
-            }
-
           svc_config_argv.add ("-f");
 
           svc_config_argv.add (current_arg);