Simplify --root argument checking

- We haven't accepted url's in as root since ages, wipe out the goo

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/rpmqv.c b/rpmqv.c
index 4032b9212..07f9d5b9b 100644
--- a/rpmqv.c
+++ b/rpmqv.c
@@ -424,16 +424,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		 "installation, erasure, querying, and "
 		 "database rebuilds"));
 
-    if (rpmcliRootDir) {
-	switch (urlIsURL(rpmcliRootDir)) {
-	default:
-	    if (bigMode & MODES_FOR_ROOT)
-		break;
-	case URL_IS_UNKNOWN:
-	    if (rpmcliRootDir[0] != '/')
-		argerror(_("arguments to --root (-r) must begin with a /"));
-	    break;
-	}
+    if (rpmcliRootDir && rpmcliRootDir[0] != '/') {
+	argerror(_("arguments to --root (-r) must begin with a /"));
     }
 
     if (quiet)