diff --git a/BUILD/check-cpu b/BUILD/check-cpu
index b5c14e38403..553df39191f 100755
--- a/BUILD/check-cpu
+++ b/BUILD/check-cpu
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ if test -r /proc/cpuinfo ; then
   if test -z "$model_name" ; then
     model_name=`uname -m`
   fi
-else
-  exit 0
 fi
 
 case "$cpu_family--$model_name" in