diff --git a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index c69ca6813..f2204adf0 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -168,12 +168,6 @@ _nl_get_vtable (void)
 			vtable.f_nl_has_capability = &_nl_f_nl_has_capability;
 
 		trace ("libnl: rtnl_link_get_link_netnsid() %s", vtable.f_rtnl_link_get_link_netnsid ? "supported" : "not supported");
-
-		g_return_val_if_fail (vtable.handle, &vtable);
-		g_return_val_if_fail (&nl_connect == (int (*) (struct nl_sock *, int)) dlsym (vtable.handle, "nl_connect"), &vtable);
-
-		g_return_val_if_fail (vtable.handle_route, &vtable);
-		g_return_val_if_fail (&rtnl_link_alloc == (struct rtnl_link *(*) (void)) dlsym (vtable.handle_route, "rtnl_link_alloc"), &vtable);
 	}
 
 	return &vtable;