From 22fc07640a63b93013e412b8f3032d4908acc349 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:07:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] dirmngr: Do not require a keyserver for KS_FETCH.

* dirmngr/server.c (cmd_ks_fetch): Remove check for a keyserver.
--
GnuPG-bug-id: 7693
---
 dirmngr/server.c | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dirmngr/server.c b/dirmngr/server.c
index 66a74a890..3ad939a6b 100644
--- a/dirmngr/server.c
+++ b/dirmngr/server.c
@@ -2634,10 +2634,6 @@ cmd_ks_fetch (assuan_context_t ctx, char *line)
     ctrl->timeout = opt.connect_quick_timeout;
   line = skip_options (line);
 
-  err = ensure_keyserver (ctrl);  /* FIXME: Why do we needs this here?  */
-  if (err)
-    goto leave;
-
   /* Setup an output stream and perform the get.  */
   outfp = es_fopencookie (ctx, "w", data_line_cookie_functions);
   if (!outfp)
@@ -2652,7 +2648,6 @@ cmd_ks_fetch (assuan_context_t ctx, char *line)
       ctrl->server_local->inhibit_data_logging = 0;
     }
 
- leave:
   return leave_cmd (ctx, err);
 }