diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express/importexport.js b/src/node/hooks/express/importexport.js
index f5c3c34cb..efb89b3c9 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express/importexport.js
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express/importexport.js
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ exports.expressCreateServer = function (hook_name, args, cb) {
   // handle import requests
   args.app.use('/p/:pad/import', limiter);
   args.app.post('/p/:pad/import', async function(req, res, next) {
-    if (!(await padManager.doesPadExists(req.params.pad))) {
-      console.warn(`Someone tried to import into a pad that doesn't exist (${req.params.pad})`);
-      return next();
-    }
-
     const {session: {user} = {}} = req;
     const {accessStatus, authorID} = await securityManager.checkAccess(
         req.params.pad, req.cookies.sessionID, req.cookies.token, req.cookies.password, user);
diff --git a/tests/backend/specs/api/importexportGetPost.js b/tests/backend/specs/api/importexportGetPost.js
index 95995cbcb..27f4758a0 100644
--- a/tests/backend/specs/api/importexportGetPost.js
+++ b/tests/backend/specs/api/importexportGetPost.js
@@ -211,16 +211,6 @@ describe('Imports and Exports', function(){
         .expect(/<ul class="bullet"><li><ul class="bullet"><li>hello<\/ul><\/li><\/ul>/);
   });
 
-  it('tries to import Plain Text to a pad that does not exist', async function() {
-    const padId = testPadId + testPadId + testPadId;
-    await agent.post(`/p/${padId}/import`)
-        .attach('file', padText, {filename: '/test.txt', contentType: 'text/plain'})
-        .expect(405);
-    await agent.get(endPoint('getText') + `&padID=${padId}`)
-        .expect(200)
-        .expect((res) => assert.equal(res.body.code, 1));
-  });
-
   it('Tries to import unsupported file type', async function() {
     settings.allowUnknownFileEnds = false;
     await agent.post(`/p/${testPadId}/import`)