diff --git a/make.go b/make.go
index 7d7c907c9..37bcf8478 100644
--- a/make.go
+++ b/make.go
@@ -134,9 +134,6 @@ func main() {
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Failed to get current directory: %v", err)
 		}
-		if strings.HasSuffix(camRoot, "camlistore.org") {
-			log.Fatalf("Camlistore was renamed to Perkeep. Your current directory (%s) looks like a camlistore.org directory. We're expecting you to be in a perkeep.org directory now. See https://github.com/camlistore/camlistore/issues/981#issuecomment-354690313 for details. You need to rename your camlistore.org parent directory to perkeep.org")
-		}
 		latestSrcMod = mirror(sql)
 		if *onlysync {
 			if *website {
@@ -1461,10 +1458,7 @@ func homeDir() string {
 }
 
 func failIfCamlistoreOrgDir() {
-	dir, err := os.Getwd()
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
+	dir, _ := os.Getwd()
 	if strings.HasSuffix(dir, "camlistore.org") {
 		log.Fatalf(`Camlistore was renamed to Perkeep. Your current directory (%s) looks like a camlistore.org directory.