diff --git a/eos_wfe_scripts/retrieve_archive_file b/eos_wfe_scripts/retrieve_archive_file
index 88a34d49fc294dd7d1e8c6379c9011ddc3b97527..c2108c6a86fbf00ed80cd94bfc55342118c4a1e1 100755
--- a/eos_wfe_scripts/retrieve_archive_file
+++ b/eos_wfe_scripts/retrieve_archive_file
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ if test UNDEF = ${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID}; then
   exit ${ECANCELED}
 fi
 
-if RESULT=`2>&1 /usr/bin/eos file info ${FILE_PATH} | /usr/bin/grep -c online`; then
-  echo "$LOG_DATE $LOG_SCRIPT_NAME file already has at least one online replica on disk: rusername=${RUSERNAME} rgroupname=${RGROUPNAME} archiveFileId=${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} dsturl=${DST_URL} disk_username=${DISK_USERNAME} disk_groupname=${DISK_GROUPNAME} path=${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
-  exit ${ECANCELED}
-fi
+#if RESULT=`2>&1 /usr/bin/eos file info ${FILE_PATH} | /usr/bin/grep -c online`; then
+#  echo "$LOG_DATE $LOG_SCRIPT_NAME file already has at least one online replica on disk: rusername=${RUSERNAME} rgroupname=${RGROUPNAME} archiveFileId=${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} dsturl=${DST_URL} disk_username=${DISK_USERNAME} disk_groupname=${DISK_GROUPNAME} path=${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}
+#  exit ${ECANCELED}
+#fi
 
 if RESULT=`2>&1 /usr/bin/cta retrieve --user ${RUSERNAME} --group ${RGROUPNAME} --id ${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} --dsturl ${DST_URL} --diskfilepath ${FILE_PATH} --diskfileowner ${DISK_USERNAME} --diskfilegroup ${DISK_GROUPNAME} --recoveryblob:base64 ${METADATA_BASE64}`; then
   echo "$LOG_DATE $LOG_SCRIPT_NAME queued retrieve request: rusername=${RUSERNAME} rgroupname=${RGROUPNAME} archiveFileId=${ARCHIVE_FILE_ID} dsturl=${DST_URL} disk_username=${DISK_USERNAME} disk_groupname=${DISK_GROUPNAME} path=${FILE_PATH}" >> ${LOG_FILE}