diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index e57e52103..767ceff06 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2004-05-03  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* dir.cc (writable_directory): Remove.
+	(mkdir): Remove call to writable_directory.
+	* syscalls.cc (unlink): Ditto.
+	(rename): Ditto.
+	* winsup.h (writable_directory): Remove declaration.
+
 2004-04-30  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* fhandler.cc (fhandler_base::open): Call path_conv::get_nt_native_path
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dir.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dir.cc
index 1bb7f0013..d0a650434 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dir.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dir.cc
@@ -24,39 +24,6 @@ details. */
 #include "dtable.h"
 #include "cygheap.h"
 
-/* Cygwin internal */
-/* Return whether the directory of a file is writable.  Return 1 if it
-   is.  Otherwise, return 0, and set errno appropriately.  */
-int __stdcall
-writable_directory (const char *file)
-{
-#if 0
-  char dir[strlen (file) + 1];
-
-  strcpy (dir, file);
-
-  const char *usedir;
-  char *slash = strrchr (dir, '\\');
-  if (slash == NULL)
-    usedir = ".";
-  else if (slash == dir)
-    {
-      usedir = "\\";
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      *slash = '\0';
-      usedir = dir;
-    }
-
-  int acc = access (usedir, W_OK);
-
-  return acc == 0;
-#else
-  return 1;
-#endif
-}
-
 extern "C" int
 dirfd (DIR *dir)
 {
@@ -274,8 +241,6 @@ mkdir (const char *dir, mode_t mode)
     }
 
   nofinalslash (real_dir.get_win32 (), real_dir.get_win32 ());
-  if (! writable_directory (real_dir.get_win32 ()))
-    goto done;
 
   if (allow_ntsec && real_dir.has_acls ())
     set_security_attribute (S_IFDIR | ((mode & 07777) & ~cygheap->umask),
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index c8f02e0d6..305d0f0f8 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -162,14 +162,6 @@ unlink (const char *ourname)
       goto done;
     }
 
-  /* Windows won't check the directory mode, so we do that ourselves.  */
-  if (!writable_directory (win32_name))
-    {
-      syscall_printf ("non-writable directory");
-      set_errno (EPERM);
-      goto done;
-    }
-
   bool setattrs;
   if (!((DWORD) win32_name & (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM)))
     setattrs = false;
@@ -1212,13 +1204,6 @@ rename (const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
       return -1;
     }
 
-  if (!writable_directory (real_old) || !writable_directory (real_new))
-    {
-      syscall_printf ("-1 = rename (%s, %s)", oldpath, newpath);
-      set_errno (EACCES);
-      return -1;
-    }
-
   if (!real_old.exists ()) /* file to move doesn't exist */
     {
        syscall_printf ("file to move doesn't exist");
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h b/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h
index 233458d2c..4c57c3776 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ extern bool cygwin_finished_initializing;
 /**************************** Miscellaneous ******************************/
 
 void __stdcall set_std_handle (int);
-int __stdcall writable_directory (const char *file);
 int __stdcall stat_dev (DWORD, int, unsigned long, struct __stat64 *);
 
 __ino64_t __stdcall hash_path_name (__ino64_t hash, const char *name) __attribute__ ((regparm(2)));