diff --git a/view.sh b/view.sh
index 96b924c3db..519956cdc6 100755
--- a/view.sh
+++ b/view.sh
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@
 for i in `ls build/dist/poi-*.jar | grep -v -- "-sources" | grep -v -- "-examples" | grep -v -- "-excelant" | grep -v -- "-ooxml" | grep -v -- "-scratchpad"`;do
 	CP=$i
 done
-
-if [ "$CP" = "" ]
-then
-	echo Did not find jar files in directory build/dist, please run target "jar"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
 echo Using jar $CP
 
 java -cp $CP org.apache.poi.hssf.dev.BiffViewer --escher "$@"