diff --git a/servers/slapd/bind.c b/servers/slapd/bind.c
index 29abd7869e58c45dd55980d48ea7cbb62165eff1..aed9559ffa2d84210873d5242c616661e0e835ee 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/bind.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/bind.c
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ do_bind(
 		char *edn;
 
 		ndn = suffixAlias( ndn, op, be );
-		dn_normalize_case( ndn );
 
 		if ( (*be->be_bind)( be, conn, op, ndn, method, &cred, &edn ) == 0 ) {
 			pthread_mutex_lock( &conn->c_dnmutex );
diff --git a/servers/slapd/compare.c b/servers/slapd/compare.c
index b3f5a7ee1d22ed3a03727bad7263b00abc77bc35..f6675d17ced811acb2df6cb84e9eec249d0fe43e 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/compare.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/compare.c
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ do_compare(
 
 	/* alias suffix if approp */
 	ndn = suffixAlias( ndn, op, be );
-	dn_normalize_case( ndn );
 
 	if ( be->be_compare != NULL ) {
 		(*be->be_compare)( be, conn, op, ndn, &ava );
diff --git a/servers/slapd/delete.c b/servers/slapd/delete.c
index 6d79326f6417d8904e9a06c27fefdc4236b04d09..66f68d9d89bbf96f0ca0b05d728a4f28ea470f3b 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/delete.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/delete.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ do_delete(
 
 	/* alias suffix if approp */
 	ndn = suffixAlias( ndn, op, be );
-	dn_normalize_case( ndn );
 
 	/*
 	 * do the delete if 1 && (2 || 3)
diff --git a/servers/slapd/modify.c b/servers/slapd/modify.c
index e03caca86ea4da0f06f956a1f330e762177e78bc..fcc040a18ec9af22c206fdf4d5acd72402f33cc1 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/modify.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/modify.c
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ do_modify(
 
 	/* alias suffix if approp */
 	ndn = suffixAlias ( ndn, op, be );
-	(void) dn_normalize_case( ndn );
 
 	/*
 	 * do the modify if 1 && (2 || 3)
diff --git a/servers/slapd/modrdn.c b/servers/slapd/modrdn.c
index ef9f57c2110d18671d0c542b2d2a75a72a2f236f..1a446db3bf6782d8995d91be219cb81cb7956918 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/modrdn.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/modrdn.c
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ do_modrdn(
 
 	/* alias suffix if approp */
 	ndn = suffixAlias( ndn, op, be );
-	dn_normalize_case( ndn );
 
 	/*
 	 * do the add if 1 && (2 || 3)
diff --git a/servers/slapd/search.c b/servers/slapd/search.c
index 7684e524727c636aaf420c9f4c3e1980a340ce7d..2779fe0bdd8f4aa0e64f672c810e0a7d80224a12 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/search.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/search.c
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ do_search(
 
 	/* translate the base if it matches an aliased base part */
 	base = suffixAlias ( base, op, be );
-	(void) dn_normalize_case( base );
 
 	/* actually do the search and send the result(s) */
 	if ( be->be_search != NULL ) {