diff --git a/servers/slapd/slapcommon.c b/servers/slapd/slapcommon.c
index 1b5a594cacdbf6784486cf4c46aba057d6498c01..6fd9341beb44aa0c2b2c655c2ad04ac447cc980c 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/slapcommon.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/slapcommon.c
@@ -492,7 +492,6 @@ slap_tool_init(
 		case 's':
 			switch ( tool ) {
 			case SLAPADD:
-			case SLAPMODIFY:
 				/* no schema check */
 				mode |= SLAP_TOOL_NO_SCHEMA_CHECK;
 				break;