diff --git a/src/fuse_open.cpp b/src/fuse_open.cpp
index 909f7a87..3b9081f1 100644
--- a/src/fuse_open.cpp
+++ b/src/fuse_open.cpp
@@ -305,23 +305,6 @@ namespace FUSE
                  cfg->link_cow,
                  cfg->nfsopenhack);
 
-    if(rv != 0)
-      return rv;
-
-    switch(_(cfg->passthrough,ffi_->flags))
-      {
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::r, O_RDONLY):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::r, O_RDWR):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::w, O_WRONLY):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::w, O_RDWR):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::ro,O_RDONLY):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::wo,O_WRONLY):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::rw,O_RDONLY):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::rw,O_WRONLY):
-      case _(PassthroughEnum::rw,O_RDWR):
-        return l::passthrough(fc,ffi_);
-      }
-
     return 0;
   }