--- /tmp/clientserver.c	2011-06-01 21:31:39.000000000 -0700
+++ clientserver.c	2010-12-23 22:08:34.000000000 -0800
@@ -922,8 +922,6 @@
 	char line[1024];
 	char *addr, *host;
 	int i;
-	STRUCT_STAT st;
-	int stat_ret;
 
 	io_set_sock_fds(f_in, f_out);
 
@@ -950,11 +948,6 @@
 	if (!read_line_old(f_in, line, sizeof line))
 		return -1;
 
-	if (do_stat("/etc/rsync_down", &st) == 0) {
-		io_printf(f_out, "@ERROR: down for maintenance\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	if (!*line || strcmp(line, "#list") == 0) {
 		rprintf(FLOG, "module-list request from %s (%s)\n",
 			host, addr);