diff --git a/src/Core/Config/Util/ConfigFileManager.php b/src/Core/Config/Util/ConfigFileManager.php
index 8705bf76e..9e07d27ae 100644
--- a/src/Core/Config/Util/ConfigFileManager.php
+++ b/src/Core/Config/Util/ConfigFileManager.php
@@ -245,11 +245,6 @@ class ConfigFileManager
 	{
 		$filename = $this->configDir . '/' . self::CONFIG_DATA_FILE;
 
-		// fail at a early stage, if we already know that we cannot save the data
-		if (!$this->dataIsWritable()) {
-			throw new ConfigFileException(sprintf('Cannot open file "%s" in mode c+', $filename));
-		}
-
 		if (file_exists($filename)) {
 			$fileExists = true;
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/Module/Admin/Summary.php b/src/Module/Admin/Summary.php
index e7c0dea51..13ef0fd71 100644
--- a/src/Module/Admin/Summary.php
+++ b/src/Module/Admin/Summary.php
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class Summary extends BaseAdmin
 		}
 
 		if (!DI::configFileManager()->dataIsWritable()) {
-			$warningtext[] = DI::l10n()->t('Friendica\'s configuration store "%s" isn\'t writable. Until then database updates won't be applied automatically, admin settings and console configuration changes won't be saved.', ConfigFileManager::CONFIG_DATA_FILE);
+			$warningtext[] = DI::l10n()->t('Friendica\'s configuration store "%s" isn\'t writable. Until then database updates won\'t be applied automatically, admin settings and console configuration changes won\'t be saved.', ConfigFileManager::CONFIG_DATA_FILE);
 		}
 
 		// Check server vitality