diff --git a/test/runex.pl b/test/runex.pl
index 4556145df..25ae879d7 100644
--- a/test/runex.pl
+++ b/test/runex.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# test/cms-examples.pl
+# test/runex.pl
 # Written by Dr Stephen N Henson (steve@openssl.org) for the OpenSSL
 # project.
 #
@@ -132,11 +132,6 @@ while (<IN>) {
 my $secretkey =
   "73:7c:79:1f:25:ea:d0:e0:46:29:25:43:52:f7:dc:62:91:e5:cb:26:91:7a:da:32";
 
-if ( !-d $exdir ) {
-    print STDERR "FATAL ERROR: examples directory missing!!\n";
-    exit 1;
-}
-
 foreach (@test_list) {
     my ( $file, $tlist ) = @$_;
     print "Example file $file:\n";