diff --git a/source/partition.c b/source/partition.c
index cdd6794..8d107c5 100644
--- a/source/partition.c
+++ b/source/partition.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ PARTITION* _FAT_partition_constructor (const DISC_INTERFACE* disc, uint32_t cach
 	if (!_FAT_disc_readSectors (disc, startSector, 1, sectorBuffer)) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
-
+	
 	// Make sure it is a valid MBR or boot sector
 	if ( (sectorBuffer[BPB_bootSig_55] != 0x55) || (sectorBuffer[BPB_bootSig_AA] != 0xAA)) {
 		return NULL;
@@ -191,13 +191,6 @@ PARTITION* _FAT_partition_constructor (const DISC_INTERFACE* disc, uint32_t cach
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	// check again for the last two cases to make sure that we really have a FAT filesystem here
-	// and won't corrupt any data
-	if(memcmp(sectorBuffer + BPB_FAT16_fileSysType, "FAT", 3) != 0 && memcmp(sectorBuffer + BPB_FAT32_fileSysType, "FAT32", 5) != 0)
-	{
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	partition = (PARTITION*) _FAT_mem_allocate (sizeof(PARTITION));
 	if (partition == NULL) {
 		return NULL;