diff --git a/src/common/docview.cpp b/src/common/docview.cpp
index bcd9d3de2f..8f693926e5 100644
--- a/src/common/docview.cpp
+++ b/src/common/docview.cpp
@@ -1342,9 +1342,6 @@ wxDocTemplate *wxDocManager::SelectDocumentPath(wxDocTemplate **templates,
         m_lastDirectory = wxPathOnly(pathTmp);
 
         path = pathTmp;
-        wxString theExt = FindExtension(path);
-        if (!theExt)
-            return (wxDocTemplate *) NULL;
 
         // This is dodgy in that we're selecting the template on the
         // basis of the file extension, which may not be a standard