diff --git a/plugins/kolab_auth/kolab_auth.php b/plugins/kolab_auth/kolab_auth.php
index 2b869f77..0d260bb6 100644
--- a/plugins/kolab_auth/kolab_auth.php
+++ b/plugins/kolab_auth/kolab_auth.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class kolab_auth extends rcube_plugin
         //  Array(
         //      '<role_dn>' => Array('plugin1', 'plugin2'),
         //  );
-        // 
+        //
         // NOTE that <role_dn> may in fact be something like: 'cn=role,%dc'
 
         $role_plugins = $rcmail->config->get('kolab_auth_role_plugins');
@@ -114,14 +114,6 @@ class kolab_auth extends rcube_plugin
             return $args;
         }
 
-        // Find user record in LDAP
-        $record = $ldap->get_user_record($user, $host);
-
-        if (empty($record)) {
-            $args['abort'] = true;
-            return $args;
-        }
-
         foreach ($role_plugins as $role_dn => $plugins) {
             $role_plugins[$ldap->parse_vars($role_dn)] => $plugins;
         }