1 files changed, 0 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/ps/ps.c b/ps/ps.c
index 693cc37..c95c815 100644
--- a/ps/ps.c
+++ b/ps/ps.c
@@ -322,18 +322,6 @@ psscan(FILE * file, int respect_eof, const gchar * fname)
        In a way, this makes sense, a program PostScript does not need
        the !PS at the beginning.
      */
-    /* use a test command to determine if ghostscript can
-       understand this document! */
-    gchar *test_cmd;
-
-    test_cmd = g_strdup_printf
-      ("%s -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=nullpage %s "
-       "1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null", gtk_gs_defaults_get_interpreter_cmd(), fname);
-    if(system(test_cmd) != 0) {
-      g_free(test_cmd);
-      return NULL;
-    }
-    g_free(test_cmd);
     doc = g_new0(struct document, 1);
     doc->default_page_orientation = GTK_GS_ORIENTATION_NONE;
     doc->orientation = GTK_GS_ORIENTATION_NONE;