diff --git a/lib/cmdline.c b/lib/cmdline.c
index 1b3aebc0..69ce8246 100644
--- a/lib/cmdline.c
+++ b/lib/cmdline.c
@@ -391,18 +391,7 @@ static GLogLevelFlags VERBOSITY_TO_LOG_LEVEL[] = {[0] = G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL,
 static bool rm_cmd_add_path(RmSession *session, bool is_prefd, int index,
                             const char *path) {
     RmCfg *cfg = session->cfg;
-
-    /* Open the current working directory as fd */
-    if(session->current_dir_fd <= 0) {
-        session->current_dir_fd = rm_sys_open(cfg->iwd, R_OK);
-        if(session->current_dir_fd < 0) {
-            rm_log_warning_line(_("Can't open directory or file \"%s\": %s"), cfg->iwd,
-                                strerror(errno));
-            return FALSE;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if(faccessat(session->current_dir_fd, path, R_OK, AT_EACCESS) != 0) {
+    if(faccessat(AT_FDCWD, path, R_OK, AT_EACCESS) != 0) {
         rm_log_warning_line(_("Can't open directory or file \"%s\": %s"), path,
                             strerror(errno));
         return FALSE;
@@ -1215,10 +1204,6 @@ static bool rm_cmd_set_paths(RmSession *session, char **paths) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    if(session->current_dir_fd > 0) {
-        rm_sys_close(session->current_dir_fd);
-    }
-
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/session.h b/lib/session.h
index 9625f6c8..9d7a25bc 100644
--- a/lib/session.h
+++ b/lib/session.h
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ typedef struct RmSession {
 
     /* Version of the linux kernel (0 on other operating systems) */
     int kernel_version[2];
-
-    /* Open fd to the current directory (only valid during cmdline parsing) */
-    int current_dir_fd;
 } RmSession;
 
 /**