diff --git a/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c b/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c
index 61f9e855..970ce750 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ randombytes_salsa20_random_random_dev_open(void)
     int               fd;
 
     do {
-        if (access(*device, F_OK | R_OK) == 0 &&
-            (fd = open(*device, O_RDONLY)) != -1) {
+        if ((fd = open(*device, O_RDONLY)) != -1) {
             if (fstat(fd, &st) == 0 && S_ISCHR(st.st_mode)) {
                 return fd;
             }
diff --git a/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c b/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c
index f38c681f..efb7dbef 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ randombytes_sysrandom_random_dev_open(void)
     int                fd;
 
     do {
-        if (access(*device, F_OK | R_OK) == 0 &&
-            (fd = open(*device, O_RDONLY)) != -1) {
+        if ((fd = open(*device, O_RDONLY)) != -1) {
             if (fstat(fd, &st) == 0 && S_ISCHR(st.st_mode)) {
                 return fd;
             }