3 files changed, 2 insertions, 47 deletions
diff --git a/src/command.c b/src/command.c
index 452568238..dc71f1d1a 100644
--- a/src/command.c
+++ b/src/command.c
@@ -830,10 +830,8 @@ handle_update(struct client *client, mpd_unused int argc, char *argv[])
 	unsigned ret;
 
 	assert(argc <= 2);
-	if (argc == 2 && !(path = sanitizePathDup(argv[1]))) {
-		command_error(client, ACK_ERROR_ARG, "invalid path");
-		return COMMAND_RETURN_ERROR;
-	}
+	if (argc == 2)
+		path = g_strdup(argv[1]);
 
 	ret = directory_update_init(path);
 	if (ret > 0) {
diff --git a/src/path.c b/src/path.c
index 62a2362b5..f241fce8c 100644
--- a/src/path.c
+++ b/src/path.c
@@ -168,43 +168,3 @@ char *pfx_dir(char *dst,
 	/* this is weird, but directory.c can use it more safely/efficiently */
 	return (dst + pfx_len + 1);
 }
-
-char *sanitizePathDup(const char *path)
-{
-	int len = strlen(path) + 1;
-	char *ret = xmalloc(len);
-	char *cp = ret;
-
-	memset(ret, 0, len);
-
-	len = 0;
-
-	/* eliminate more than one '/' in a row, like "///" */
-	while (*path) {
-		while (*path == '/')
-			path++;
-		if (*path == '.') {
-			/* we don't want to have hidden directories, or '.' or
-			   ".." in our path */
-			free(ret);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		while (*path && *path != '/') {
-			*(cp++) = *(path++);
-			len++;
-		}
-		if (*path == '/') {
-			*(cp++) = *(path++);
-			len++;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (len && ret[len - 1] == '/') {
-		len--;
-		ret[len] = '\0';
-	}
-
-	DEBUG("sanitized: %s\n", ret);
-
-	return xrealloc(ret, len + 1);
-}
diff --git a/src/path.h b/src/path.h
index e341169b0..c1003d846 100644
--- a/src/path.h
+++ b/src/path.h
@@ -55,7 +55,4 @@ char *pfx_dir(char *dst,
               const char *path, const size_t path_len,
               const char *pfx, const size_t pfx_len);
 
-/* strips extra "///" and leading "/" and trailing "/" */
-char *sanitizePathDup(const char *path);
-
 #endif