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

index d664254..138bcc9 100644

--- a/mkfs.c

+++ b/mkfs.c

@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ static u64 parse_profile(char *s)

 static char *parse_label(char *input)

 {

-	int i;

 	int len = strlen(input);

 	if (len > BTRFS_LABEL_SIZE) {

@@ -302,12 +301,6 @@ 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);

 }