diff --git a/src/csync_exclude.c b/src/csync_exclude.c
index dcb0d9b793..6f0e10e69b 100644
--- a/src/csync_exclude.c
+++ b/src/csync_exclude.c
@@ -189,13 +189,7 @@ CSYNC_EXCLUDE_TYPE csync_excluded(CSYNC *ctx, const char *path, int filetype) {
       SAFE_FREE(dname);
       goto out;
   }
-  rc = csync_fnmatch(".csync-progressdatabase*", bname, 0);
-  if (rc == 0) {
-      match = CSYNC_FILE_SILENTLY_EXCLUDED;
-      SAFE_FREE(bname);
-      SAFE_FREE(dname);
-      goto out;
-  }
+
   SAFE_FREE(bname);
   SAFE_FREE(dname);