diff --git a/src/audio_provider_avs.cpp b/src/audio_provider_avs.cpp
index fff0ed823..b5b1d0916 100644
--- a/src/audio_provider_avs.cpp
+++ b/src/audio_provider_avs.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ void AvisynthAudioProvider::FillBuffer(void *buf, int64_t start, int64_t count)
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<agi::AudioProvider> CreateAvisynthAudioProvider(agi::fs::path const& file, agi::BackgroundRunner *) {
-	agi::acs::CheckFileRead(file);
 	return agi::make_unique<AvisynthAudioProvider>(file);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/video_provider_avs.cpp b/src/video_provider_avs.cpp
index 263310675..0c824f264 100644
--- a/src/video_provider_avs.cpp
+++ b/src/video_provider_avs.cpp
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ void AvisynthVideoProvider::GetFrame(int n, VideoFrame &out) {
 
 namespace agi { class BackgroundRunner; }
 std::unique_ptr<VideoProvider> CreateAvisynthVideoProvider(agi::fs::path const& path, std::string const& colormatrix, agi::BackgroundRunner *) {
-	agi::acs::CheckFileRead(path);
 	return agi::make_unique<AvisynthVideoProvider>(path, colormatrix);
 }
 #endif // HAVE_AVISYNTH