diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 1a99afdf..7594dc2d 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -218,14 +218,10 @@ function configDotenv (options) {
   let optionPathsThatExist = []
   if (options && options.path) {
     if (!Array.isArray(options.path)) {
-      if (fs.existsSync(options.path)) {
-        optionPathsThatExist = [_resolveHome(options.path)]
-      }
+      optionPathsThatExist = [_resolveHome(options.path)]
     } else {
       for (const filepath of options.path) {
-        if (fs.existsSync(filepath)) {
-          optionPathsThatExist.push(_resolveHome(filepath))
-        }
+        optionPathsThatExist.push(_resolveHome(filepath))
       }
     }