diff --git a/Tomboy/Addins/FileSystemSyncService/FileSystemSyncServiceAddin.cs b/Tomboy/Addins/FileSystemSyncService/FileSystemSyncServiceAddin.cs
index d11a162..b29a441 100644
--- a/Tomboy/Addins/FileSystemSyncService/FileSystemSyncServiceAddin.cs
+++ b/Tomboy/Addins/FileSystemSyncService/FileSystemSyncServiceAddin.cs
@@ -136,11 +136,6 @@ namespace Tomboy.Sync
 					                               "and Tomboy was unable to create it."));
 				}
 			} else {
-				if (isDropbox (syncPath))
-					throw new TomboySyncException (Catalog.GetString ("Folder path appears in a Dropbox Path." + 
-							Environment.NewLine + 
-							"This is not a supported configuration"));
-				
 				// Test creating/writing/deleting a file
 				// FIXME: Should throw TomboySyncException once string changes are OK again
 				string testPathBase = Path.Combine (syncPath, "test");
@@ -259,24 +254,6 @@ namespace Tomboy.Sync
 
 			return false;
 		}
-		
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Searches the specified path for any hidden dropbox files. This is an indecation that the path is a dropbox path.
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="path">
-		/// A <see cref="System.String"/>
-		/// </param>
-		/// <returns>
-		/// A <see cref="Boolean"/>
-		/// </returns>
-		private Boolean isDropbox (string path)
-		{
-			System.IO.DirectoryInfo directoryInfo = System.IO.Directory.GetParent (path);
-			if (Directory.GetFiles (directoryInfo.FullName, ".dropbox", SearchOption.AllDirectories).Length != 0)
-				return true;
-			else
-				return false;
-		}		
 		#endregion // Private Methods
 	}
 }
