diff --git a/common/cli_hush.c b/common/cli_hush.c
index 5b1f119..66995c2 100644
--- a/common/cli_hush.c
+++ b/common/cli_hush.c
@@ -2170,14 +2170,6 @@
 
 	name=strdup(s);
 
-#ifdef __U_BOOT__
-	if (env_get(name) != NULL) {
-		printf ("ERROR: "
-				"There is a global environment variable with the same name.\n");
-		free(name);
-		return -1;
-	}
-#endif
 	/* Assume when we enter this function that we are already in
 	 * NAME=VALUE format.  So the first order of business is to
 	 * split 's' on the '=' into 'name' and 'value' */