Index: usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh
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--- usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh
+++ usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh
@@ -3185,15 +3185,8 @@
 	default_params
 }
 
-# Fetch command.  Make sure that we're being called
-# interactively, then run fetch_check_params and fetch_run
+# Fetch command.
 cmd_fetch () {
-	if [ ! -t 0 ]; then
-		echo -n "`basename $0` fetch should not "
-		echo "be run non-interactively."
-		echo "Run `basename $0` cron instead."
-		exit 1
-	fi
 	fetch_check_params
 	fetch_run || exit 1
 }