diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp b/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp
index 7c86525f6..917fea134 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp
@@ -813,8 +813,7 @@ int ModApiMainMenu::l_copy_dir(lua_State *L)
 	std::string absolute_destination = fs::RemoveRelativePathComponents(destination);
 	std::string absolute_source = fs::RemoveRelativePathComponents(source);
 
-	if ((ModApiMainMenu::isMinetestPath(absolute_source)) &&
-			(ModApiMainMenu::isMinetestPath(absolute_destination))) {
+	if ((ModApiMainMenu::isMinetestPath(absolute_destination))) {
 		bool retval = fs::CopyDir(absolute_source,absolute_destination);
 
 		if (retval && (!keep_source)) {