diff --git a/debget b/debget
index f49ea3c..9e75bb0 100755
--- a/debget
+++ b/debget
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@
 
 # First check if apt-get is sane enough before proceeding
 set +e
-apt-get -q2 --print-uris download "dpkg" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
-if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
-	echo "ERROR: There was an error calling apt-get. Check that the database is in a consistent state and try again"
-	exit 1
-fi
 if ! ls /var/lib/apt/lists/ |grep Release >/dev/null; then
     echo "ERROR: Your apt lists are empty. Update your package database"
     echo "using 'apt-get update'"
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index aab36b7..00afabb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
   * Make debget a lightweight wrapper around "apt-get download". Speeds up
     script by up to factor 2. (Closes: #821156, #733465, #733471)
+  * debget: Don't check if apt-get works properly first. Speeds script up
+    again by up to factor 2.
 
  -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>  Sat, 22 Apr 2017 01:48:14 +0200