diff --git a/00-deps.sh b/00-deps.sh
index 6ecd89d..3833c24 100644
--- a/00-deps.sh
+++ b/00-deps.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ set -e
 set -x
 
 #Dependency stage
-if [ ! -f overlay.tar ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: overlay.tar does not exist, terminating"
-  exit 1
-fi
 curl -JLO https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot/archive/2020.02.10.tar.gz
 tar xf buildroot-2020.02.10.tar.gz
 mkdir buildroot-2020.02.10/butterknife/