diff --git a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileObject.java b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileObject.java
index 6f66543589..831d8f2f28 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileObject.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/AbstractFileObject.java
@@ -1334,18 +1334,12 @@ public RandomAccessContent getRandomAccessContent(final RandomAccessMode mode) t
             if (!fileSystem.hasCapability(Capability.RANDOM_ACCESS_READ)) {
                 throw new FileSystemException("vfs.provider/random-access-read-not-supported.error");
             }
-            if (!isReadable()) {
-                throw new FileSystemException("vfs.provider/read-not-readable.error", fileName);
-            }
         }
 
         if (mode.requestWrite()) {
             if (!fileSystem.hasCapability(Capability.RANDOM_ACCESS_WRITE)) {
                 throw new FileSystemException("vfs.provider/random-access-write-not-supported.error");
             }
-            if (!isWriteable()) {
-                throw new FileSystemException("vfs.provider/write-read-only.error", fileName);
-            }
         }
 
         // Get the raw input stream