4 files changed, 0 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/clippy_dev/src/setup/git_hook.rs b/clippy_dev/src/setup/git_hook.rs
index c7c53bc69d0..c5a1e8264c7 100644
--- a/clippy_dev/src/setup/git_hook.rs
+++ b/clippy_dev/src/setup/git_hook.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::Path;
 
-use super::verify_inside_clippy_dir;
-
 /// Rusts setup uses `git rev-parse --git-common-dir` to get the root directory of the repo.
 /// I've decided against this for the sake of simplicity and to make sure that it doesn't install
 /// the hook if `clippy_dev` would be used in the rust tree. The hook also references this tool
@@ -35,10 +33,6 @@ pub fn install_hook(force_override: bool) {
 }
 
 fn check_precondition(force_override: bool) -> bool {
-    if !verify_inside_clippy_dir() {
-        return false;
-    }
-
     // Make sure that we can find the git repository
     let git_path = Path::new(REPO_GIT_DIR);
     if !git_path.exists() || !git_path.is_dir() {
diff --git a/clippy_dev/src/setup/mod.rs b/clippy_dev/src/setup/mod.rs
index b0d31814639..5e938fff126 100644
--- a/clippy_dev/src/setup/mod.rs
+++ b/clippy_dev/src/setup/mod.rs
@@ -2,23 +2,3 @@ pub mod git_hook;
 pub mod intellij;
 pub mod toolchain;
 pub mod vscode;
-
-use std::path::Path;
-
-const CLIPPY_DEV_DIR: &str = "clippy_dev";
-
-/// This function verifies that the tool is being executed in the clippy directory.
-/// This is useful to ensure that setups only modify Clippy's resources. The verification
-/// is done by checking that `clippy_dev` is a sub directory of the current directory.
-///
-/// It will print an error message and return `false` if the directory could not be
-/// verified.
-fn verify_inside_clippy_dir() -> bool {
-    let path = Path::new(CLIPPY_DEV_DIR);
-    if path.exists() && path.is_dir() {
-        true
-    } else {
-        eprintln!("error: unable to verify that the working directory is clippy's directory");
-        false
-    }
-}
diff --git a/clippy_dev/src/setup/toolchain.rs b/clippy_dev/src/setup/toolchain.rs
index ecd80215f7e..c70b56461a7 100644
--- a/clippy_dev/src/setup/toolchain.rs
+++ b/clippy_dev/src/setup/toolchain.rs
@@ -8,13 +8,7 @@ use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 use crate::utils::exit_if_err;
 
-use super::verify_inside_clippy_dir;
-
 pub fn create(standalone: bool, force: bool, release: bool, name: &str) {
-    if !verify_inside_clippy_dir() {
-        return;
-    }
-
     let rustup_home = std::env::var("RUSTUP_HOME").unwrap();
     let toolchain = std::env::var("RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN").unwrap();
 
diff --git a/clippy_dev/src/setup/vscode.rs b/clippy_dev/src/setup/vscode.rs
index a37c873eed4..a24aef65991 100644
--- a/clippy_dev/src/setup/vscode.rs
+++ b/clippy_dev/src/setup/vscode.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::Path;
 
-use super::verify_inside_clippy_dir;
-
 const VSCODE_DIR: &str = ".vscode";
 const TASK_SOURCE_FILE: &str = "util/etc/vscode-tasks.json";
 const TASK_TARGET_FILE: &str = ".vscode/tasks.json";
@@ -22,10 +20,6 @@ pub fn install_tasks(force_override: bool) {
 }
 
 fn check_install_precondition(force_override: bool) -> bool {
-    if !verify_inside_clippy_dir() {
-        return false;
-    }
-
     let vs_dir_path = Path::new(VSCODE_DIR);
     if vs_dir_path.exists() {
         // verify the target will be valid