diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/route.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/route.h
index ee2fcadd1c..e8fbc0ed7d 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/route.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/route.h
@@ -429,7 +429,6 @@ class Route : public SessionObject, public Automatable, public RouteGroupMember,
 	void catch_up_on_solo_mute_override ();
 	void mod_solo_by_others_upstream (int32_t);
 	void mod_solo_by_others_downstream (int32_t);
-	bool has_external_redirects() const;
 	void curve_reallocate ();
 	virtual void set_block_size (pframes_t nframes);
 
diff --git a/libs/ardour/route.cc b/libs/ardour/route.cc
index 570c07e9f7..6f68f172a7 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/route.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/route.cc
@@ -2990,34 +2990,6 @@ Route::silent_roll (pframes_t nframes, framepos_t /*start_frame*/, framepos_t /*
 	return 0;
 }
 
-bool
-Route::has_external_redirects () const
-{
-	// FIXME: what about sends? - they don't return a signal back to ardour?
-
-	boost::shared_ptr<const PortInsert> pi;
-
-	for (ProcessorList::const_iterator i = _processors.begin(); i != _processors.end(); ++i) {
-
-		if ((pi = boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<const PortInsert>(*i)) != 0) {
-
-			for (PortSet::const_iterator port = pi->output()->ports().begin(); port != pi->output()->ports().end(); ++port) {
-
-				string port_name = port->name();
-				string client_name = port_name.substr (0, port_name.find(':'));
-
-				/* only say "yes" if the redirect is actually in use */
-
-				if (client_name != "ardour" && pi->active()) {
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 void
 Route::flush_processors ()
 {
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session.cc b/libs/ardour/session.cc
index feeac35e8a..2f57af4923 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session.cc
@@ -3940,12 +3940,6 @@ Session::write_one_track (AudioTrack& track, framepos_t start, framepos_t end,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* external redirects will be a problem */
-
-	if (track.has_external_redirects()) {
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	ext = native_header_format_extension (config.get_native_file_header_format(), DataType::AUDIO);
 
 	for (uint32_t chan_n = 0; chan_n < diskstream_channels.n_audio(); ++chan_n) {