diff --git a/mkfs.c b/mkfs.c

index d664254..5ed44cc 100644

--- a/mkfs.c

+++ b/mkfs.c

@@ -302,12 +302,6 @@ static char *parse_label(char *input)

 			BTRFS_LABEL_SIZE);

 		exit(1);

 	}

-	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {

-		if (input[i] == '/' || input[i] == '\\') {

-			fprintf(stderr, "invalid label %s\n", input);

-			exit(1);

-		}

-	}

 	return strdup(input);

 }