diff --git a/src/bin_node/node_storage_command.ml b/src/bin_node/node_storage_command.ml
index ae41146c70f211ed94e8917a4c07704169026ec8..ea06bba0dab017afa508069e3bb5443b921a3a9f 100644
--- a/src/bin_node/node_storage_command.ml
+++ b/src/bin_node/node_storage_command.ml
@@ -96,14 +96,7 @@ module Term = struct
         if not b then
           tzfail
             (Data_version.Invalid_data_dir {data_dir = context_dir; msg = None})
-        else
-          let pack = context_dir // "store.0.suffix" in
-          let*! b = Lwt_unix.file_exists pack in
-          if not b then
-            tzfail
-              (Data_version.Invalid_data_dir
-                 {data_dir = context_dir; msg = None})
-          else return_unit)
+        else return_unit)
       (function
         | Unix.Unix_error _ ->
             tzfail