2 files changed, 1 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/src/client.cpp b/src/client.cpp
index 2a854bc0..afd53fa3 100644
--- a/src/client.cpp
+++ b/src/client.cpp
@@ -1175,30 +1175,7 @@ void Client::initConfiguration()
     config.setValue("ChatLogLength", 128);
     config.setValue("disableTransparency", false);
 
-    // Checking if the configuration file exists... otherwise create it with
-    // default options.
-    FILE *configFile = nullptr;
-    std::string configPath;
-
-    configPath = mConfigDir + "/config.xml";
-
-    configFile = fopen(configPath.c_str(), "r");
-
-    // If we can't read it, it doesn't exist !
-    if (!configFile)
-    {
-        // We reopen the file in write mode and we create it
-        configFile = fopen(configPath.c_str(), "wt");
-    }
-    if (!configFile)
-    {
-       logger->log("Can't create %s. Using defaults.", configPath.c_str());
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        fclose(configFile);
-        config.init(configPath);
-    }
+    config.init(mConfigDir + "config.xml");
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/configuration.cpp b/src/configuration.cpp
index 7d2b496f..3c9fab3c 100644
--- a/src/configuration.cpp
+++ b/src/configuration.cpp
@@ -301,20 +301,7 @@ void ConfigurationObject::writeToXML(xmlTextWriterPtr writer)
 
 void Configuration::write()
 {
-    // Do not attempt to write to file that cannot be opened for writing
-    FILE *testFile = fopen(mConfigPath.c_str(), "w");
-    if (!testFile)
-    {
-        logger->log("Configuration::write() couldn't open %s for writing",
-                    mConfigPath.c_str());
-        return;
-    }
-
-    fclose(testFile);
-
-
     xmlTextWriterPtr writer = xmlNewTextWriterFilename(mConfigPath.c_str(), 0);
-
     if (!writer)
     {
         logger->log("Configuration::write() error while creating writer");