diff --git a/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs b/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs index 1764b8e84..5d4308958 100644 --- a/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs +++ b/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs @@ -281,11 +281,7 @@ impl Params { .join(prefix_from_template) .display() .to_string(); - - // Check that the prefix is valid. - let prefix_of_template = Path::new(prefix_from_template).to_string_lossy(); - - if options.treat_as_template && prefix_of_template.contains(MAIN_SEPARATOR) { + if options.treat_as_template && prefix_from_template.contains(MAIN_SEPARATOR) { return Err(MkTempError::PrefixContainsDirSeparator(options.template)); } if tmpdir.is_some() && Path::new(prefix_from_template).is_absolute() {