diff --git a/plugins/python-renderer/src/plugin-main.c b/plugins/python-renderer/src/plugin-main.c
index dc5ea01..6c96604 100644
--- a/plugins/python-renderer/src/plugin-main.c
+++ b/plugins/python-renderer/src/plugin-main.c
@@ -39,20 +39,6 @@
  */
 static PyObject *p_module = NULL;
 
-static int check_file_exists(const char *path)
-{
-	FILE *file;
-	int ret = -1;
-
-	file = fopen(path, "rb");
-	if (file) {
-		fclose(file);
-		ret = 0;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 int FUNC_DECL(EXTERNAL_LIBRARY_RENDER_FUNCTION)(struct gds_cell *toplevel, GList *layer_info_list, const char *output_file_name, double scale)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -112,11 +98,6 @@ int FUNC_DECL(EXTERNAL_LIBRARY_INIT_FUNCTION)(const char *params, const char *ve
 	PyList_Append(p_sys_path, p_cwd_string);
 	Py_DECREF(p_cwd_string);
 
-	/* This renderer has only one parameter: The name of the file */
-	/*if (check_file_exists(params))
-		return -1001;
-	*/
-
 	p_name = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(params);
 	p_module = PyImport_Import(p_name);
 	Py_DECREF(p_name);