diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/workingsets/CElementWorkingSetUpdater.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/workingsets/CElementWorkingSetUpdater.java
index b51966af6b2..b2bf49662be 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/workingsets/CElementWorkingSetUpdater.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/workingsets/CElementWorkingSetUpdater.java
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ public class CElementWorkingSetUpdater implements IWorkingSetUpdater, IElementCh
 	 * {@inheritDoc}
 	 */
 	public void add(final IWorkingSet workingSet) {
-		checkElementExistence(workingSet);
 		// delay the check for existence - this may be called very early in the bootstrap
 		// otherwise it is causing all kinds of weird exceptions
 		Job check= new WorkingSetCheck(workingSet);