diff --git a/cfg.c b/cfg.c
index fa5e1b05..6320641e 100644
--- a/cfg.c
+++ b/cfg.c
@@ -55,21 +55,11 @@ load_cfg(const char *path, char **cause)
 {
 	FILE   	        *f;
 	u_int		 n;
-	struct stat	 sb;
 	char	        *buf, *line, *ptr;
 	size_t		 len;
 	struct cmd_list	*cmdlist;
 	struct cmd_ctx	 ctx;
 
-	if (stat(path, &sb) != 0) {
-		xasprintf(cause, "%s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
-		return (-1);
-	}
-	if (!S_ISREG(sb.st_mode)) {
-		xasprintf(cause, "%s: not a regular file", path);
-		return (-1);
-	}
-
 	if ((f = fopen(path, "rb")) == NULL) {
 		xasprintf(cause, "%s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
 		return (1);
diff --git a/cmd-load-buffer.c b/cmd-load-buffer.c
index 063cafa1..4a7f9ffb 100644
--- a/cmd-load-buffer.c
+++ b/cmd-load-buffer.c
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ cmd_load_buffer_exec(struct cmd *self, struct cmd_ctx *ctx)
 		ctx->error(ctx, "%s: %s", data->arg, strerror(errno));
 		return (-1);
 	}
-	if (!S_ISREG(statbuf.st_mode)) {
-		ctx->error(ctx, "%s: not a regular file", data->arg);
-		return (-1);
-	}
 
 	if ((f = fopen(data->arg, "rb")) == NULL) {
 		ctx->error(ctx, "%s: %s", data->arg, strerror(errno));