diff --git a/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd.c b/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd.c
index 86b7e63dd1..a818e1c450 100644
--- a/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd.c
+++ b/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd.c
@@ -558,9 +558,7 @@ static void uh_mainloop(struct config *conf, fd_set serv_fds, int max_fd)
 						if( conf->lua_state &&
 						    uh_path_match(conf->lua_prefix, req->url) )
 						{
-							/* auth ok? */
-							if( uh_auth_check(cl, req, pin) )
-								conf->lua_request(cl, req, conf->lua_state);
+							conf->lua_request(cl, req, conf->lua_state);
 						}
 						else
 #endif