diff --git a/src/Controllers/BankController.php b/src/Controllers/BankController.php
index 3f847e2..c28325c 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/BankController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/BankController.php
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace Steuerkram\Controllers;
 
-use Steuerkram\Database;
 use Steuerkram\Models\BankImportFormat;
 use Steuerkram\Models\BankTransaction;
+use Steuerkram\Database;
 use Steuerkram\Models\Beleg;
 use Steuerkram\Services\BankImportParser;
 use Steuerkram\View;
@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@ class BankController
             View::redirect('/bank/upload', 'Keine Buchungszeilen in der Datei gefunden.', 'error');
         }
 
-        if (BankTransaction::filenameExists($origName)) {
-            View::redirect('/bank/upload', 'Diese Datei wurde bereits importiert (' . $origName . ').', 'error');
-        }
-
         $split = BankTransaction::findDuplicates($rows);
 
         if (!empty($split['dup'])) {
diff --git a/src/Models/BankTransaction.php b/src/Models/BankTransaction.php
index 1b6b3b1..d4d9364 100644
--- a/src/Models/BankTransaction.php
+++ b/src/Models/BankTransaction.php
@@ -145,15 +145,6 @@ class BankTransaction
         return ['new' => $new, 'dup' => $dup];
     }
 
-    public static function filenameExists(string $filename): bool
-    {
-        $row = Database::fetchOne(
-            'SELECT id FROM bank_import_batches WHERE filename = ? LIMIT 1',
-            [$filename]
-        );
-        return $row !== null;
-    }
-
     public static function createBatch(int $formatId, string $filename, int $rowCount): int
     {
         Database::execute(