diff --git a/Documents/bin/forward b/Documents/bin/forward
index 9d153096d1051f4e12c43e20017838f647138c9d..ea58afafeeefee830b1af117a5e9deb4fcbaff9e 100755
--- a/Documents/bin/forward
+++ b/Documents/bin/forward
@@ -9,8 +9,5 @@ host="$1" || { usage >> /dev/stderr; exit 1; }
 forward="$2" || { usage >> /dev/stderr; exit 1; }
 alias ssh='ssh -fnNTS ~/.ssh/%C.sock'
 
-if ! ssh -O check -L "$forward" "$host"
-then
-    ssh -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=0 -o ExitOnForwardFailure=no -o ControlPersist=0 "$host"
-    ssh -O forward -L "$forward" "$host"
-fi
+ssh -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=0 -o ExitOnForwardFailure=no -o ControlPersist=0 "$host"
+ssh -O forward -L "$forward" "$host"