diff --git a/app/gvcore.cpp b/app/gvcore.cpp
--- a/app/gvcore.cpp
+++ b/app/gvcore.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 // KDE
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <KColorScheme>
-#include <KIO/StatJob>
-#include <KJobWidgets>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KMessageBox>
 
@@ -359,23 +357,6 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    // Check for overwrite
-    KIO::StatJob *statJob = KIO::stat(saveAsUrl, KIO::StatJob::DestinationSide, 0);
-    KJobWidgets::setWindow(statJob, d->mMainWindow);
-    if (statJob->exec()) {
-        int answer = KMessageBox::warningContinueCancel(
-                         d->mMainWindow,
-                         xi18nc("@info",
-                                "A file named <filename>%1</filename> already exists.\n"
-                                "Are you sure you want to overwrite it?",
-                                saveAsUrl.fileName()),
-                         QString(),
-                         KStandardGuiItem::overwrite());
-        if (answer == KMessageBox::Cancel) {
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
     // Start save
     Document::Ptr doc = DocumentFactory::instance()->load(url);
     KJob* job = doc->save(saveAsUrl, format.data());