diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 93159b51c97..8f2c254e77a 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-04-23  Jeroen Frijters  <jeroen@frijters.net>
+
+	* java/io/FileInputStream.java (FileInputStream(File)),
+	java/io/FileOutputStream.java (FileOutputStream(File)):
+	Removed unnecessary File.isDirectory() check.
+
 2005-04-22  Bryce McKinlay  <mckinlay@redhat.com>
 
 	* testsuite/lib/libjava.exp (libjava_find_gij): Use $objdir/.. to find
diff --git a/libjava/java/io/FileInputStream.java b/libjava/java/io/FileInputStream.java
index 17aaf799be0..ebd5d20ad46 100644
--- a/libjava/java/io/FileInputStream.java
+++ b/libjava/java/io/FileInputStream.java
@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@ public class FileInputStream extends InputStream
     if (s != null)
       s.checkRead(file.getPath());
 
-    if (file.isDirectory())
-      throw new FileNotFoundException(file.getPath() + " is a directory");
-
     ch = new FileChannelImpl (file.getPath(), FileChannelImpl.READ);
   }
 
diff --git a/libjava/java/io/FileOutputStream.java b/libjava/java/io/FileOutputStream.java
index 34b06cbf151..d5fa2d3bb99 100644
--- a/libjava/java/io/FileOutputStream.java
+++ b/libjava/java/io/FileOutputStream.java
@@ -155,10 +155,7 @@ public class FileOutputStream extends OutputStream
     if (s != null)
       s.checkWrite(file.getPath());
 
-    if (file.isDirectory())
-      throw new FileNotFoundException(file.getPath() + " is a directory");
-
-   ch = new FileChannelImpl (file.getPath(), (append
+    ch = new FileChannelImpl (file.getPath(), (append
 				     ? FileChannelImpl.WRITE
 				     | FileChannelImpl.APPEND
 				     : FileChannelImpl.WRITE));