diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/IndexV1Updater.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/IndexV1Updater.java
index fd3c47563..359a7ebad 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/IndexV1Updater.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/IndexV1Updater.java
@@ -104,11 +104,6 @@ public class IndexV1Updater extends IndexUpdater {
      */
     @Override
     public boolean update() throws IndexUpdater.UpdateException {
-
-        if (repo.isSwap) {
-            // swap repos do not support index-v1
-            return false;
-        }
         File destFile = null;
         Downloader downloader;
         try {