diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index 8a7106d8e9..4d514b44c8 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -543,8 +543,6 @@ sub req_add
     my $updater = GITCVS::updater->new($state->{CVSROOT}, $state->{module}, $log);
     $updater->update();
 
-    argsfromdir($updater);
-
     my $addcount = 0;
 
     foreach my $filename ( @{$state->{args}} )