ripped from Debian

--- nfs-utils-1.1.2/utils/mount/mount.c
+++ nfs-utils-1.1.2/utils/mount/mount.c
@@ -381,10 +381,6 @@
 		mount_error(NULL, mount_point, ENOTDIR);
 		return 1;
 	}
-	if (access(mount_point, X_OK) < 0) {
-		mount_error(NULL, mount_point, errno);
-		return 1;
-	}
 
 	return 0;
 }