diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/storage/adapter/local.php b/phpBB/phpbb/storage/adapter/local.php
index da3950186e..2ea8b8b03e 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/storage/adapter/local.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/storage/adapter/local.php
@@ -133,11 +133,6 @@ class local implements adapter_interface, stream_interface
 	 */
 	public function get_contents($path)
 	{
-		if (!$this->exists($path))
-		{
-			throw new exception('STORAGE_FILE_NO_EXIST', $path);
-		}
-
 		$content = @file_get_contents($this->root_path . $this->get_path($path) . $this->get_filename($path));
 
 		if ($content === false)
@@ -326,11 +321,6 @@ class local implements adapter_interface, stream_interface
 	{
 		$this->ensure_directory_exists($path);
 
-		if ($this->exists($path))
-		{
-			throw new exception('STORAGE_FILE_EXISTS', $path);
-		}
-
 		$stream = @fopen($this->root_path . $this->get_path($path) . $this->get_filename($path), 'w+b');
 
 		if (!$stream)