diff --git a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/svn/SvnBaseTask.php b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/svn/SvnBaseTask.php
index b5be48846a..1ec5e3ebc5 100755
--- a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/svn/SvnBaseTask.php
+++ b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/svn/SvnBaseTask.php
@@ -277,14 +277,7 @@ protected function setup($mode)
         {
             if (is_dir($this->workingCopy))
             {
-                if (in_array(".svn", scandir($this->workingCopy)))
-                {
-                    $this->svnArgs = array($this->workingCopy);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    throw new BuildException("'".$this->workingCopy."' doesn't seem to be a working copy");
-                }
+                $this->svnArgs = array($this->workingCopy);
             }
             else
             if ($mode=='info' )