diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c
index 0e09a9941e..6b8d98001d 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c,v 1.56 2004/11/20 00:18:18 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c,v 1.57 2004/11/20 00:35:13 tgl Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  [ Most of these notes are wrong/obsolete, but perhaps not all ]
@@ -761,7 +761,6 @@ client_cert_cb(SSL *ssl, X509 **x509, EVP_PKEY **pkey)
 	int			(*cb) () = NULL;	/* how to read user password */
 	char		sebuf[256];
 
-
 	if (pqGetpwuid(getuid(), &pwdstr, pwdbuf, sizeof(pwdbuf), &pwd) != 0)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
@@ -772,8 +771,6 @@ client_cert_cb(SSL *ssl, X509 **x509, EVP_PKEY **pkey)
 	/* read the user certificate */
 	snprintf(fnbuf, sizeof(fnbuf), "%s/.postgresql/postgresql.crt",
 			 pwd->pw_dir);
-	if (stat(fnbuf, &buf) == -1)
-		return 0;
 	if ((fp = fopen(fnbuf, "r")) == NULL)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,