diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
index bc072dc9c..af313a4dd 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-09-19  Matthias Clasen  <maclas@gmx.de>
+
+	* io-tga.c (try_preload): Remove a pointless check.  
+	(#122710, Kjartan Maraas)
+
 Mon Aug 18 10:25:29 2003  Owen Taylor  <otaylor@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdk-pixdata.c (gdk_pixdata_to_csource): Add the correct
diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/io-tga.c b/gdk-pixbuf/io-tga.c
index 392d9663a..1486d4480 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/io-tga.c
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/io-tga.c
@@ -760,12 +760,6 @@ static gboolean try_preload(TGAContext *ctx, GError **err)
 					    _("TGA image has invalid dimensions"));
 				return FALSE;
 			}
-			if (ctx->hdr->infolen > 255) {
-				g_set_error(err, GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR,
-					    GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR_CORRUPT_IMAGE,
-					    _("TGA image comment length is too long"));
-				return FALSE;
-			}
 			if ((ctx->hdr->flags & TGA_INTERLEAVE_MASK) != TGA_INTERLEAVE_NONE) {
 				g_set_error(err, GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR, 
 					    GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR_UNKNOWN_TYPE,