1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 5a882a3b4..d11ebd3a0 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -3430,6 +3430,7 @@ else {
   /***********************************************************************
    * file: is a special case in that it doesn't need a network connection
    ***********************************************************************/
+#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_FILE
   if (strequal(conn->protostr, "FILE")) {
       /* anyway, this is supposed to be the connect function so we better
 	 at least check that the file is present here! */
@@ -3447,6 +3448,7 @@ else {
 
     return result;
   }
+#endif
 
   /*************************************************************
    * If the protocol is using SSL and HTTP proxy is used, we set