diff --git a/src/libcglue/glue.c b/src/libcglue/glue.c
index d0371656..38dabe9e 100755
--- a/src/libcglue/glue.c
+++ b/src/libcglue/glue.c
@@ -1193,32 +1193,6 @@ char *realpath(const char *path, char *resolved_path)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* check the length of every component of path arg */
-	char component[NAME_MAX + 1];
-	const char *start = path;
-	const char *end;
-	while (*start != '\0') {
-		end = start;
-
-		// find  the next '/'
-		while (*end != '/' && *end != '\0') { end++; }
-
-		// compute path component length
-		size_t len = end - start;
-		if (len > NAME_MAX) {
-			errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
-			return NULL;
-		}
-
-		// copy start to component buffer
-		memcpy(component, start, len);
-		component[len] = '\0';
-
-		// move to the next component
-		if (*end == '/') { start = end + 1; } 
-		else { start = end; }
-	}
-
 	/* check if file or directory exist */
 	struct stat st;
 	if (stat(path, &st) == 0) {