1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/hl/tools/gif2h5/hdf2gif.c b/hl/tools/gif2h5/hdf2gif.c
index d404322..3f57386 100644
--- a/hl/tools/gif2h5/hdf2gif.c
+++ b/hl/tools/gif2h5/hdf2gif.c
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #include "H5IMpublic.h"
 
 
-#define MAX_FILE_LEN            256
-
 int EndianOrder;
 
 static void
@@ -75,13 +73,6 @@ int main(int argc , char **argv)
         return 1;
     }
 
-    if (strlen(argv[1] + 1) > MAX_FILE_LEN || strlen(argv[2] + 1) > MAX_FILE_LEN) 
-    {
-        /* supplied file names are too long. bail. */
-        usage();
-        printf("Supplied filenames exceed maximum length of 256 bytes\n");
-    }
-
     HDFName = argv[1];
     GIFName = argv[2];